Memoirs of the life and character of the late Earl of Orrery, and of the family of the Boyles : Containing several curious facts, and pieces of history, from the reign of Queen Elisabeth, to the present times: extracted from original manuscripts and papers never yet printed. With a short account of the controversy between the late Earl of Orrery and the Reverend Doctor Bentley; and some select letters of Phalaris, the famous Sicilian tyrant: translated from the Greek
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Type of record: Book
Title: Memoirs of the life and character of the late Earl of Orrery, and of the family of the Boyles : Containing several curious facts, and pieces of history, from the reign of Queen Elisabeth, to the present times: extracted from original manuscripts and papers never yet printed. With a short account of the controversy between the late Earl of Orrery and the Reverend Doctor Bentley; and some select letters of Phalaris, the famous Sicilian tyrant: translated from the Greek
Classmark: BC Lt/BOY
Creator(s): Budgell, Eustace (1686-1737)
Related people: Boyle family; Orrery, Charles Boyle, Earl of, 1676-1731; Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C; Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742
Publisher: Printed for W. Mears
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1732
Language: English
Size and medium: xl, 258, [2]p, [1] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/268589
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017681899705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Later editions have title: Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles, particularly of the late eminently learned Charles, Earl of Orrery.
With frontispiece.
Page 223 misnumbered 323.
Publisher's booklist: 2 pp. at end.
Additional description
Crested bookplate of Robert Fellowes pasted inside front cover
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