Biography
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac–maker and astrologer John Partridge.
“All Fools Day” (now known as April Fools Day which falls on 1 April) was Swift’s favourite of holidays and he often used this day to aim his satirically biting wit at non-believers in an attempt to “make sin and folly bleed.” Disgruntled by Partridge’s sarcastic attack about the “infallible Church” written in his 1708 issue of Merlinus Almanac, Swift projected carefully 3 letters and one Eulogy as an elaborate plan to “predict” Partridge’s “infallible death” to be revealed on April 1, All Fools Day.
Source: Wikipedia
“All Fools Day” (now known as April Fools Day which falls on 1 April) was Swift’s favourite of holidays and he often used this day to aim his satirically biting wit at non-believers in an attempt to “make sin and folly bleed.” Disgruntled by Partridge’s sarcastic attack about the “infallible Church” written in his 1708 issue of Merlinus Almanac, Swift projected carefully 3 letters and one Eulogy as an elaborate plan to “predict” Partridge’s “infallible death” to be revealed on April 1, All Fools Day.
Source: Wikipedia
Books by Isaac Bickerstaff
An astronomical diary: or alma
An astronomical diary: or almanack, for the year of our Lord 1797 ..
An astronomical diary: or alma
An astronomical diary: or almanack, for the year of Christian aera 1795. ..
An astronomical diary, or alma
An astronomical diary, or almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1785. ..
An astronomical diary: or, An
An astronomical diary: or, An almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1785 ..
That part of the last will and
That part of the last will and testament of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; which relates to the publick
A letter to the Reverend Dr. H
A letter to the Reverend Dr. Henry Sacheverell. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; With an order from the said Isaac Bickerstaff, relating to the Doctor. And an advertisement to Ben. Hoadly
Bickerstaff's almanack: or, a
Bickerstaff's almanack: or, a vindication of the stars, ... For the year 1710. ... By Isaac Bickerstaff Esq; ..
The famous prophesie of the wh
The famous prophesie of the white king and the dead man explain'd to the present times ... By Isaac Bickerstaffe, esq
The Westminster dream
The Westminster dream
A continuation of the prdictio
A continuation of the prdictions [sic] for the remaining part of the year 1708