Anonymous — The Servitour: A Poem
London, H. Hills, 1709. First edition. Disbound. A vanishingly scarce satirical poem on the society of the University of Oxford, the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.'The Servitour: a Poem' is a satirical poem on life at the University Oxford, anonymously written, but described as being by a servitour of the university. A servitour was a lower-class student of the University, who played for their education by performing menial tasks for the wealthy students, such was waiting on them at meals.Lacking the half-title. Register runs as A2-A8. Disbound, lacking the half-title. internally, generally firmly bound, final leaf is working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with a few scattered spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
