158J AUTHORS  “Towzer, a Mastiff; Tray, a Spaniel; Lilly, a Hound; Fox, a Lurcher; Beauty, a Lapdog; Snap, a Cur; Trudge, a Carwibble; Smutt, a Sufferer, Cum multis aliis.”

 

The London-Puppies Memorial; complaining of the Great Hardships They have lately suffer’d by the Unmerciful Hands of St. Paul’s Dog-Whippers. Humbly presented to the High-Church, on behalf of themselves, and others.

 

[London] : Printed in the year [1710]                               $2800

Octavo 7 X 4 1/2 inches A4: eight pages First and only edition The London-Puppies Memorial The first Book written by a Pack of dogs? two copies in the US Copies – N.America Indiana University & University of Texas at Austin. (Price from imprint: Price One Penny)Signed at the end in type by “Towzer, a Mastiff; Tray, a Spaniel; Lilly, a Hound; Fox, a Lurcher; Beauty, a Lapdog; Snap, a Cur; Trudge, a Carwibble; Smutt, a Sufferer, Cum multis aliis.” The dogs complain against ill-treatment by the dog-whippers who were employed to drive them out of churches during services. A satire against the Church. There might have been earlier books in English supposedly written by a dog, but this is probably the first one purported to be written by a pack of dogs. (makes me think of Jack london) English Short Title Catalog,; T10130