Court poems. Viz; I. The basset-table. An eclogue. II. The drawing-room. III. The toilet
Subtitle: Publish'd faithfully, as they were found in a pocket-book taken up in Westminster-Hall, the last day of the Lord Winton's tryal
Publisher: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane.
Published: 1716
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: English poetry
Other titles: Basset-table.; Drawing-room.; Toilet.
Notes: 8vo: A-D⁴.

Date misprinted.

The "Advertisement" (p. i-iii) attributes these poems to "A lady of quality" (i.e. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu), to John Gay, or to Pope; the first poem listed is traditionally assigned to Pope, the second to Lady Mary, & the third to Gay. According to Ault & Butt (Poems of ... Pope, VI, 416), "The bassettable" is "more probably the work of Lady Mary ..."

Griffith 51; not recorded in Case as it "contains verse by two authors only."

Each poem has divisional t.-p.

Edited by John Oldmixon.

Foxon M416

Straus, R. Curll p.239

ESTC t005770

Griffith, R. Pope, 51

Straus, R. Curll, page 239