Yes.

Last year as part of my dissertation for my engineering degree, we got a special guest lecture on unfair practace and academic dishonesty by a philosophy professor. He was quick to point out the traps that one can fall into that tempt you to perform academic dishonesty, and that these traps are as old as the modern practice of science itself (as is the debate about the issue).

In particular, he pointed us at a book (and wikipedia says it sparked something of a debate):

• Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes
• by Charles Babbage, 1830

Note the date. Babbage was talking about 3 practaces (can't remember exactly but one was basically cherry picking data) that he'd seen happen more and more in publications for years. I don't remember too much of the lecture (other than it making me feel a bit queazy about doing research for a week), so I don't feel too confident about saying anything more.