WALES / WELSH
WALES / WELSH
The
“Mousetrip”
— But NOT
Agatha Christie's . . .
Holdsworth,
E. Muscipula, sive Cambro-Muo-machia. Londini: [Pr. by H. Hills?], 1709.
8vo. 8 pp.
•
Uncut, unopened copy. A satire of the Welsh people, supposedly written at the
instigation of Henry Sacheverell. The title means, "The Mousetrap, or The Welshmen's
scuffle with mice." One of several piracies that appeared in the year of publication,
this copy has seven stars on a shield as the title-page ornament.
Worth Having for the
Frontispiece Alone Holdsworth,
E. Muscipula, sive Kamro-Myo-maxia. Londini: [Pr. by H. Hills], 1709.
8vo. 15, [1 (ads)] pp.
• ESTC T60812?, N6124?; Foxon H287. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good copy.
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