1788 PINDAR, Peter POLITICAL SATIRE Peter's Pension. A Solemn Epistle To A Sublime Personage

PINDAR, Peter [John Wolcot]. Peter's Pension. A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime Personage. Fourth Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1788. 4to. Price three shillings. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Removed from a bound volume; lacking engraving; faint stains. Scarce.

A significant satirical work by John Wolcot (writing under his famous pseudonym Peter Pindar), targeting King George III and the royal pension system. This fourth edition, published in the same year as the first, demonstrates the work's immediate popular success. Wolcot, a sharp-tongued satirist of the late 18th century, was known for his merciless mockery of the monarchy and political establishment. This particular piece was written following rumors of Wolcot being offered a pension to cease his satirical attacks on the King - an offer he reportedly rejected, then promptly satirized in this very work.