The Syracusan tyrant: or, The life of Agathocles : With some reflexions on the practices of our modern usurpers.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed for R. Royston, bookseller to the Kings most excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by S. Gape neer the Middle Temple in Fleetstreet,
1661.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Dedication signed: R. P. = Richard Perrinchief. Cf. Wing, McAlpin. Republished in 1676 as: The Sicilian tyrant. Frontispiece = folded plate, depicting "Tyranny" as a soldier, with "Perfidia" and "Crudelitas" holding a wreath of snakes above his head. An attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles. Caption title on pages 1: The tyrant, or The life of Agathocles. Running title: The life of Agathocles. Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([32], 263, [1] pages, [1] leaf of folded plates |