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The Pirates of London Press and a Fellow Author’s Plea
A London writer laments rampant piracy that copies and sells books at lower prices, arguing authors deserve reward for learning. He reflects on education, profits, and the peril of privateers robbing scholars, recalling Archbishop Tillotson and other great works. News items follow on elections, births, deaths, and society notices in a 18th century postal-style column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fustice
Earth
Price
Flanders
Tom
Mechanick
Canterbury
Great Britain
London
Earl of Oxford
Morimer
Wimple
Cambridgeshire
City of
Exeter
John King
Lord King
Henry Northcote
Pynes
Devonshire
Cordell Firebrace
County of
Suffolk
Robert Kemp
Bart
House of Commons
John Hind Cotton
Cambridge
Richard Powis
Orford
Colchester
Essex
Isaac Lemyng Rebow
Stamp Brookbank
Jacob Houblon
Hallingbury
Ducane
Gray
Earl of
Grosvenor Square
Thomas
Duke of Newcastle
Earl of Pembroke
Dutchess of
Oriel College
Oxon
William Wyatt
Navy
Admiralty
Swale
Navy-Office
Bevill Higgons
England
Robert Nelson
Queen’s Square
Ormond-street
Thomas Hanbury
Gloucestershire
Robert Rowland
Grace-church-street
Pewterers Hall
Limes, Street
St. Peter’s Church
Cornhill
Snabling
Hackney
Gracechurch-street