8vo. 21cm, first edition, [4],20p., author's preface, bound in modern grey paper over boards, leaves toned, paper label, title faded, very good to fine condition (lt). ~ A long satirical poem against the Whig Party by Tory and Jacobite, William Shippen (1673 1743) railing against the Liberal Government's policy of moderation. Although both tracts were published anonymously, Alexander Pope established Shippen as author. William Shippen served as a Tory Member of Parliament from 1707 to 1743. Seller Inventory # 38330

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Title: Moderation Display'd: A Poem. By the Author ...

Publisher: London. N.p. Printed in the Year 1704

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition.

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