The works of Mr. John Oldham, : together with his remains.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oldham, John, 1653-1683
Corporate Author:	National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, at the Golden Ball in Cornhil, MDCLXXXVI [1686].
Subjects:	Morwent, Charles, > 1654 or 1655-approximately 1674 > Poetry > Early works to 1800. Jesuits > Humor > Early works to 1800. English poetry > 17th century. Morwent, Charles, > 1654 or 1655-approximately 1674 Jesuits collected works. poems. satires (literary genre) octavo. Early works Humor Poetry Verse satire. Eulogies.

Description
Item Description:	A reissue of first collected edition (1684) of author's various works, consisting of unsold copies of separate poems. cf. Grolier. Wither to Prior, v. 2. no. 646. "Satyrs upon the Jesuits" (Wing O246) has separate title page, dated 1685, pagination and register. In this setting, leaf A2r has catchword "Heathen, ". Another setting, found in Works 1684, has catchword "which." "The passion of Byblis" has separate title page dated 1685; pagination and register are continuous from "Satyrs ..." Leaves chi1 and ³A1 are blank. "Poems and translations." has separate title page, dated 1684, pagination and register. A reprint of "Some new pieces never before published" (Wing O249). Caption title on p. 1: Horace his Art of poetry, imitated in English. "Poems, and translations." has separate title page, dated 1683, pagination and register. A reprint of Wing O237. Caption title on p. 1: The eighth satyr of Monsieur Boileau, imitated. "Remains of Mr. John Oldham in verse and prose" (Wing O241) has separate title page, dated 1687, pagination and register. "To the memory of Mr. Charles Morwent" has separate title page, dated 1687; pagination and register are continuous from "Remains ..." Signatures: pi² A² B-K⁸ L² chi⁴ ²A-H⁸ ²I⁴ ³A⁴ ³B-O⁸ P⁴ ⁴A-I⁸. Errors in pagination: page 95 (3rd sequence) numbered 85. The Remains of Oldham are preceded by Eulogies by John Dryden (1631-1700) Thomas Flatman (1637-1688) Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723) Thomas Wood (1661-1722) Robert Gould (Ld. 1709). The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:	8 unnumbered pages, 148 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 215 pages, 29 unnumbered pages, 20, 33-127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (8vo)
Place of Publication:	Great Britain -- England -- London.