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.
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]
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.
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
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"
