Familiar letters: written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester [ESTC R16878]
- DMI number:
- 1731
- Publication Date:
- 1697
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R16878
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12280528
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO Bod
- Full Title:
- Familiar Letters: | Written by the Right Honourable | [i]JOHN[/i] late Earl of [i]Rochester,[/i] | And several other | Persons of Honour and Quality. | [rule] | WITH | LETTERS | Written by the most Ingenious | Mr. [i]THOMAS OTWAY.[/i] | AND | Mrs. [i]K. PHILIPS.[/i] | Publish'd from their Original Copies. [rule] | With other Modern LETTERS, | By [i]THO. CHEEK,[/i] Esq; | Mr. [i]DENNIS,[/i] and Mr. [i]BROWN.[/i] | [i]London:[/i] Printed by [i]W. Onley,[/i] for [i]Sam. Briscoe,[/i] at the Cor- | ner of [i]Charles-street,[/i] in [i]Russel-Street, Covent garden,[/i] 1697.
- Place of Publication:
- London.
- Genres:
- Miscellany dominated by poet and Probably not a miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- EEBO copy bound with a second volume not catalogued in the ESTC. Only the text described by the ESTC is included in this record. The second volume is catalogued separately.
- Comments:
- Advertisement included before title page. Separate title pages for "Love-letters, written by the late most ingenious Mr. Thomas Otway" and "Monsieur Boileau’s letters· Translated, by Tho. Cheek, Esq;" Pagination continuous throughout.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: 1) Dedicatory epistle 'To Dr. Ratcliff, of Bow-Street.' pp. A3r-A5v. 2) ' The Bookseller's Preface.' pp. A6r-A7r. 3) 'A Table of all the Letters in this Volume.' A7v-A8r. 4) 'Errata.' p. A8v.
- References:
- NCBEL 340 (1697)
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Katherine Philips
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Mr. Dennis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Thomas Browne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Thomas Cheek
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Thomas Otway
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- Henry Savile
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- W. Onley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Samuel Briscoe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Translated from:
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Laws bear the name but money has the power
- Page No:
- p. 157
- Poem Title:
- Thus English'd by Mr. Burnaby.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Burnaby.
- Attributed To:
- William Burnaby
- First Line:
- In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
- Page No:
- pp. 164-5
- Poem Title:
- Ne valeam, si non totis Deciane Diebus. | Lib. 2. Ep. 2.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fling this useless book away
- Page No:
- p. 173
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lord Rochester
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Phillis has a gentle heart
- Page No:
- pp. 174-5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gl--- of Lincolns-Inn
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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