Anonymous (John Wilson CROKER)

An Intercepted Letter from J- T-, Esq. Writer at Canton, to His Friend in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin: M. N. Mahon, 1804. Second Edition. Stiff Paper Wraps. 12mo. Pp. 42. Paper wraps, marbled covers. Edges and spine chipped. A few stains to leaves, fore edge ruffled, otherwise bright and unmarked. In ink on cover verso: "The best thing written for years. I think the author of Epistles to [illegible]. The Inter" Good. Item #5238

A satire of Dublin society disguised as a description of Canton. Croker was a young lawyer who had recently published Familiar Epistles to J. F. Jones, Esq. and was later member of Parliament, poet and editor of Boswell and Pope. Preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

Price: $150.00