Edited with a Biographical Memoir and Notes by H.W. Montagu. London. Marsh and Miller. 1830. pp. pp. 20, 23 - 33, (i)ii of adverts. Frontis, 5 plates. The illustrations are engravings on wood by Bonner and Slader after designs by R. Cruikshank.12mo in 6s. Original printed wrapper stitched, slightly marked. With the pagination error of pp 21/22 being omitted making it Wise's 1st edition, 1st issuse (Wise p. 135). With the bookseller's label 'Sold by Wetton Chertsey'[ Wise. Originally published as thirteen stanzas entitled The Devil's Thoughts in the Morning Post in 1799, it immediately became popular. 'For some reason ... the authorship became attributed to Porson, who refrained personally from taking any step to rectify the error.'

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