Miscellaneous works, written by His Grace, George, late Duke of Buckingham. : Collected in one volume from the original papers. Containing poems on several subjects. Epistles. Characters. Pindarics. The militant couple, a dialogue. And the farce upon Segmoor-Fight. With letters, by and to the Duke of Buckingham. By persons of quality. Also state poems on the late times, by Mr. Dryden, Sir George Etherege, Sir Fleetwood Sheppard, Mr. Butler, author of Hudibras, Earl of D- Mr. Congreve, Mr. Otway, Mr. Brown, Capt. Ayloffe, &c. Never before printed. With the late Duke of Buckingham's speeches in the House of Lords, upon conference with the commons. To which is added, a collection of choice remarkable speeches, that were spoken in both Houses of Parliament, by several noblemen, and commoners, in relation to the government and liberty of the subject. In the reigns of K. Charles I. The usurpation of the rump, and Oliver Cromwell. K. Charles II. and K. William III. &c.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for and sold by J. Nutt near Stationers-Hall,
1704.
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| Item Description: | A second volume was issued in 1705. Title page enclosed within double line border. Publisher's advertisement: page [20] (1st group). Error in paging: numbers 145-216 omitted. Text continuous despite pagination. Leaf O4 is a divisional title page: 'Speeches in the House of Lords, and upon conferences with the commons.' Signatures: A⁸, a*², B-M⁸ N² O⁴, Aa-Mm⁸. On the title page the words 'poems on several ... ' to 'persons of quality.' are printed in double columns, as are the names from 'K. Charles II.' to K. WIlliam III. &c.' The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. The Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection copy lacks the portrait. |
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| Physical Description: | [20], 144, 217-257, [3], 192 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 20 cm (8vo) |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |