Poems on affairs of state: . from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-------st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller. Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration.
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628 - 1687)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3025842
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 224, 245-267, [1] p. . 8vo. Copy collates: [14], 144, 143-224, 245-260, 8 p. But: The Index refers to an ADDENDA with seven poems (paginated 1-16); Stourhead copy has only the last two of these poems as pp.1-8 Oxford records: A variant exists with the 'T' of Time in the title in upper case but only two poems listed in the contents of the Addenda (as ESTC r26892) Stourhead has: Upper case 'T'; the addenda listing seven poems but containing only the two poems. Provenance: Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue: p. 451, T.3. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter calf, marbled-paper boards, gold-labelled spine.
Makers and roles
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628 - 1687)