The age of intellect, or, Clerical showfolk and wonderful layfolk
Subtitle: a series of poetical epistles between Bob Blazon in town and Jack Jingle in the country : dedicated to the Fair Circassian, with notes critical, ethical, satirical ...
By: by Francis Moore, physician, author of the celebrated work entitled Vox stellarum, or a Loyal almanack
Publisher: Printed for William Hone ...
Published: 1819
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: English Political satire; Politics and government; Social life and customs
Other titles: Clerical showfolk and wonderful layfolk
Notes: Despite the claims of the title page and introduction, these poems are not the work of the Francis Moore who first issued the Vox stellarum. The work was published under a pseudonym, probably by William Hone. Cf. A. Bowden, William Hone's political satire, 1815-1821, p. 220-222, 282. Also attributed to Henry Andrews who continued the publication of the almanac Vox Stellarum after Moore's death. Cf. Kunitz and Haycraft, British authors before 1800, p. 363-64.

Title-page printed in red and black.

Engraved frontispiece signed: Francis Moore invt., G. Cruikshank, fect. This plate is found in both colored and plain states. Cf. Cohn.

Includes index.

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 574