Poems, &c. on several occasions : with Valentinian, a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester.
1691
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Title
Poems, &c. on several occasions : with Valentinian, a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester.
Uniform title
Poems. Selections
Created/published
London : Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street, 1691.
Description
[12], xv, [1], 154, [14], 369-449, 449-462, [1] p. : port. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680. author.
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857, former owner.
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Valentinian.
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857, former owner.
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Valentinian.
Note
Partly in verse.
Title page in red and black.
The first leaf bears an advertisement on verso.
Includes "A pastoral, in imitation of the Greek of Moschus; bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester" (*⁸).
With a divisional title page (B1r) for part 1.
"Valentinian. A tragedy" (adapted by Rochester from John Fletcher, who apparently did not collaborate with Beaumont on this work) has separate dated title page. It begins new register with 2A1 and new pagination on 2B1 with p. 369.
In the final sequence, even numbered pages are on recto.
Quire D in two settings: setting 1) leaf D3r has stanzas 3-5 only and leaf D7r has stanza 3 only; setting 2) leaf D3r has 2 lines of stanza 6 at foot and leaf D7r has stanza 4 added.
Title page in red and black.
The first leaf bears an advertisement on verso.
Includes "A pastoral, in imitation of the Greek of Moschus; bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester" (*⁸).
With a divisional title page (B1r) for part 1.
"Valentinian. A tragedy" (adapted by Rochester from John Fletcher, who apparently did not collaborate with Beaumont on this work) has separate dated title page. It begins new register with 2A1 and new pagination on 2B1 with p. 369.
In the final sequence, even numbered pages are on recto.
Quire D in two settings: setting 1) leaf D3r has stanzas 3-5 only and leaf D7r has stanza 3 only; setting 2) leaf D3r has 2 lines of stanza 6 at foot and leaf D7r has stanza 4 added.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), R1756
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R1390
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R1390
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Genre/form
Annotations.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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R1756
Folger-specific note
cs396. Setting 1. Red ribbed-goatskin grain with gilt-tooled spine panels, edges of boards and turn-ins, all edges gilt, and marbled endpapers. Imperfect: lacking portrait, A3-6. Some edges untrimmed. With type-written label ("no. 1023") on front paste-down. Manuscript pencilled bibliographical note on front fly-leaf. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate and stencil (on title leaf verso) of William Borlase, Zennor Vicarage (motto "te digna sequere"); engraved armorial bookplate of "Mary Lady Borlase" (this written over her printed initials M. E. E.); Philip Bliss copy (his initials and shelf-mark on B1r)