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Detailed Entry: the author of "The Regent's Bomb Uncovered" The Minister and the Mayor; or, St. Peter versus St. Paul! A Poem . . .

Author(s) the author of "The Regent's Bomb Uncovered"
Unattributed Authorship Yes
Title The Minister and the Mayor; or, St. Peter versus St. Paul! A Poem . . .
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) W. Hone
Publication Date 1817
Format 13.5 x 21.5 cm.
Pagination or volumes 16
Reference HL
Library British Library
Shelfmark 11642.bbb.29
Comment Sometimes tentatively attributed to Sir Matthew Wood (1768-1843) but Wood, Lord Mayor of London at the time, was the subject and not the author of this satire. "The Regent's Bomb [Bum] Uncover'd" was a broadside published by Hone in 1816.

This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.