Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude : Collected by the poor man's advocate (an old veteran in the cause of freedom) in the course of his reading for more than twenty years.

Other author Spence, Thomas, 1750-1814, editor.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for T[homas]. Spence, at the Hive of Liberty, no. 8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn, [1794-1795]
Descriptionvolumes, plate ; 17 cm (12⁰)
Supplemental ContentFull text online
Subjects

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
FrequencyWeekly
General note"The poor man's advocate" = Thomas Spence, compiler and publisher.
General noteTitle page for vol. 3 continues: "Alias (according to Burke) the swinish multitude. Published in penny numbers weekly ...".
General noteVolume 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 noteNotes 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 noteNote 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 noteIssue numbers appear on direction line of first page of text in each issue.
General noteImprints 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 notePublishing date of v. 3 from text: "From the Morning Chronicle of January 3, 1795" (p. 4).
General noteThere 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 noteWith plate and two final contents leaves in v. 3.
General noteText continues from page to page with catchwords.
General noteP. 5 of v. 3 includes letter dated: "Dec. 22, 1795" in error for 1794.
General noteConsists 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 noteReproduction 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 numberingOriginally issued weekly, but intended to be collected in 2 vols.
Special numberingVolumes and issues lack chronological designations or dates.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Title history noteCollects original weekly issues in two volumes.
Preceding title One pennyworth of Pig's meat; or, Lessons for the swinish multitude
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.