A Journey to the World in the Moon. A Dream Containing An Historical RELATION, (as receiv'd from a Lunar Philosopher) from above an Hundred Years last past, to the present Time, of the most Material Occurrences, as to the Religion, Politics, & c. of the INHABITANTS of that GLOBE. And particularly, Their Manner of ELECTIONS

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TitleA Journey to the World in the Moon. A Dream Containing An Historical RELATION, (as receiv'd from a Lunar Philosopher) from above an Hundred Years last past, to the present Time, of the most Material Occurrences, as to the Religion, Politics, & c. of the INHABITANTS of that GLOBE. And particularly, Their Manner of ELECTIONS
Year for Search1740
AuthorsPythagorolunister, [pseud.]
Date Published[1740]
PublisherCharles Corbett
Place PublishedLondon
Annotation

Satire on contemporary Britain.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 2: 1-47.
Pseudonym

Pythagorolunister [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

MH, PSt
Author Note

It has been suggested that the author is John Kirkby (1705-54).
Full Text

[1740] Pythagorolunister [pseud.].  A Journey to the World in the Moon. A Dream Containing An Historical RELATION, (as receiv’d from a Lunar Philosopher) from above an Hundred Years last past, to the present Time, of the most Material Occurrences, as to the Religion, Politics, &c. of the INHABITANTS of that GLOBE. And particularly, Their Manner of ELECTIONS. London: Charles Corbett. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 2: 1-47. MH, PSt

Satire on contemporary Britain. It has been suggested that the author is John Kirkby (1705-54).