Anonymous — The Servitour: A Poem

London, H. Hills, 1709. First edition. Paperback. 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.Register runs as A8.Half-title is present.Collated, complete. Rebound in paper wraps. Externally, wraps are almost detached from one another. Light edge wear and marks to the wraps. Minor sunning to the extremities. Pencil to the front wrap. Internally, textblock is detached from the wraps. generally firmly bound, first and last leaf are working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots and handling marks. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .