Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems : with characters of sundry personages, and other incomparable pieces of language and art
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Selections1651
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Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems : with characters of sundry personages, and other incomparable pieces of language and art / by the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late, provost of Eton Colledg.
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Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. SelectionsWalton, Izaak, Sir, 1593-1683Bedell, Gabriel, d. 1668, booksellerMarriot, Richard, booksellerGarthwait, Timothy, d. 1669, booksellerMaxey, Thomas, d. 1657, printerWotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682, engraverJ.W.Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
London : Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651.
Collation:
[60], 540 p., [4] leaves of plates : ports. ; 12p0s.
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Contents: The life of Sir Henry Wotton by Iz[aak]. Wa[lton]. -- Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex -- and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham--- The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex [by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, but here attributed to Wotton] -- A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham -- A panegyrick to King Charls -- A conceipt of some observations intended upon things most remarkable in the civil history of this kingdom -- The election of the new Duke of Venice, after the death of Giovanni Bembo -- The elements of architecture -- A philosophicall surveigh of education, or Moral architecture -- The great action between Pompey and Cæsar -- A meditation upon the XXIIth chapter of Genesis -- A meditation upon Christmas-day -- Letters, &c. and characters of sundry personages, found among the papers of Sr, Henry Wotton Knight -- Poems found among the papers of S. H. Wotton.The first leaf bears "Advice to the reader" and errata on verso.Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 2 1650".Editor's dedication signed: J.W.The words "lives, ... poems;" are bracketed together on title-page.A number of the above items have divisional title-pages, and "A panegyrick to King Charls" has separate dated title-page. Pagination and register are continuous throughout.Frontispiece portrait of the author, signedL PLombart sculp.
Dewey class:
828
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English
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BRN:
1713692