The modern courtier: or the ambitious statesman's advice to his son, in order to his advancement at c---t. A poem. In five canto's. Written by a noble L---d to his son.
Ward, Edward,1667-1731.
London [i.e. Edinburgh?] : printed and sold by J. Torbuck,
[1741?]
First published in 1731 as 'The ambitious father: or, the politician's advice to his son' (Foxon).
A noble L---d = Edward Ward.
Possibly an Edinburgh piracy published the same year as the London 1741 edition (Foxon).
ESTC
Foxon W46.5
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1985. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1012, no. 9.