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Editorial: London: Printed for J. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-noster Row; T. Lewis. . . ; R. Mariner. . . ; and T. Shepherd, [1772?]., 1772
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167, [1], 12pp., 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, with a page of advertisements on p. [168], followed by a twelve-page "List of useful and entertaining Books printed for and sold by J. Cooke." An excellent copy in sheep antique, spine fully gilt, by Philip Dusel. Essentially a line-for-line resetting of the previous year s text, whi…ch gave "a Striking Portrait of London, as it appears in the Present Year, 1771". ESTC attributes the work to Richard King, whose similar publication declared him also to be "Author of The New Cheats and Frauds of London Exposed." But the present work is an entirely different text from "King s" (whoever he might have been). The London are much the same, and both texts feature an uninitiated visitor being shown the ways of the town by an older and expert companion, here called "Mentor." But the styles are somewhat different, this one s being perhaps just a little more stuffy. Thus: Observe that plodding old fellow who is scratching his grey pate under his perriwig, and indicating as much anxiety in his looks for the success of his wager, as a criminal for the result of a petition requesting his deliverance from the relentless hands of the common executioner. He is professedly a gambler; the arts of deception, fraud, connivance, and collusion, have been the study and practice of his whole life. His bible is Hoyle s Treatise. . . . He lives upon the calculation of odds, and decides every dispute by six to four, and five to eight. . . he is supposed to have amassed a considerable fortune, and doubtless possesses the property of many a rash inexperienced youth. The book closes with a short poem: Behold, my friend, this world s a masquerade, Where theft s a science, cheating is a trade; Where scarce a man appears to be himself. . . The introduction to this book distinguishes itself from the London Spy, the Invisible Spy, and the Midnight Spy as being "far more extensive than any hitherto attempted"; it also notes that the London Spy (presumably Ned Ward's) is "now entirely out of date." ESTC does not record the publisher's catalogue, which has full descriptions of eighteen books in twelve pages, including such things as "The Book of Fate," "The Adventures of a Kidnapped Orphan," "The Lover's Instructor," "The Midnight Spy," and "The Cheats of London Exposed." Five locations in ESTC: British Library, Senate House, Cornell, McMaster, and Yale (Walpole).
