Proposals for printing a very curious discourse: in two volumes in quarto, intitled, Pseudologia politikē; or, a treatise of the art of political lying, with an abstract of the first volume of the said treatise.

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Proposals for printing a very curious discourse: in two volumes in quarto, intitled, Pseudologia politikē; or, a treatise of the art of political lying, with an abstract of the first volume of the said treatise. (Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.) 22,[2]p. ; 8⁰. (London :) printed for John Morphew,1712.
Attributed to John Arbuthnot. Sometimes also attributed to Jonathan Swift. 'Pseudologia politikē' in the title is transliterated from the Greek.
With a half-title: 'Proposals for printing the Art of political lying, in two volumes', and a final advertisement leaf.
A satire, probably not intended to be published.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Teerink-Scouten, 875
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT75422.
Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

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