| Portion of title |
Lessons for the swinish multitude |
| Caption title |
Pig's meat |
| Variant title |
Title page for collected issues of v. 3 (1795): Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the people |
| Running title |
Pig's meat or lessons for the swinish multitude |
| Variant title |
Binder's title: Pig's meat |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| General note | "The poor man's advocate" = Thomas Spence, compiler and publisher. |
| General note | Title page for vol. 3 continues: "Alias (according to Burke) the swinish multitude. Published in penny numbers weekly ...". |
| General note | Volume II. No. I has title page which serves as volume title page; most issues have captions or lack titles (original wrappers lacking in copies seen). |
| General note | Notes at end of no. XII. (v. 2) read: End of part first, vol. II. N.B. The work will be continued as before, ... . No. XIII (v. 2) has caption title which reads: Pig's meat. Part second. vol. II. |
| General note | Note at end of vol. 2, no. 24 announces "A publication under the title of 'Eye salve, or Political knowledge for the people"; this was apparently published with an altered general title as vol. 3. |
| General note | Issue numbers appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue. |
| General note | Imprints lack dates; dated from text: "My second volome [sic] of Pig's meat was finished on ... the 17th of May, 1794." (v. 3, p. 3). |
| General note | Publishing date of v. 3 from text: "From the Morning Chronicle of January 3, 1795" (p. 4). |
| General note | There are two settings of v. 2: in a) first line of p. 15 begins: "parts were set our"; in b) first line of p. 15 begins: "vided into four parts". |
| General note | With plate and two final contents leaves in v. 3. |
| General note | Text continues from page to page with catchwords. |
| General note | P. 5 of v. 3 includes letter dated: "Dec. 22, 1795" in error for 1794. |
| General note | Consists of extracts from well-known authors, on individual rights and the rights of the poor; attacks the British government and constitution for their treatment of the poor; defends the French Republic. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1310 |
| References |
Ward, W. S. Index of Serials, p. 120 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 718a |
| References |
Goldsmiths, 37627 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP3428. |
| Special numbering | Originally issued weekly, but intended to be collected in 2 vols. |
| Special numbering | Volumes and issues lack chronological designations or dates. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Title history note | Collects original weekly issues in two volumes. |
| Preceding title |
One pennyworth of Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |