Reasons humbly offered for the liberty of unlicens'd printing. : To which is subjoin'd, the just and true character of Edmund Bohun, the licenser of the press. In a letter from a gentleman in the country, to a Member of Parliament.
1693
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Title
Reasons humbly offered for the liberty of unlicens'd printing. : To which is subjoin'd, the just and true character of Edmund Bohun, the licenser of the press. In a letter from a gentleman in the country, to a Member of Parliament.
Created/published
London : [s.n.], printed in the year MDCXCIII. [1693]
Description
32 p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Blount, Charles, 1654-1693, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Areopagitica.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Areopagitica.
Note
A gentleman in the country = Charles Blount.
Signed "J.M.", i.e. John Milton, on B1r and D3v. Based on Milton's "Areopagitica", with many passages taken directly from that work.
Signed "J.M.", i.e. John Milton, on B1r and D3v. Based on Milton's "Areopagitica", with many passages taken directly from that work.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 42)
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 (2nd ed.), B3313
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R17412
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R17412
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
B3313 Bd.w. M3014
Folger-specific note
192379.2. Provenance: on front paste-down, bookplate reading: "The gift of J. O. Halliwell Esq. Penzance Library"; library stamp of Penzance Library; on back fly-leaf, label reading: "Repaired by Walker & Son, Plymouth"