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The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, bart : in prose and verse. In two volumes. Containing the translations of Virgil's Pastorals, The battle and government of bees, &c. With his speeches, political pieces, poems, songs and plays, the greatest part never printed before... With memoirs of the author's life, writ by an eminent hand (v.1)

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Type of record: Book

Title: The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, bart : in prose and verse. In two volumes. Containing the translations of Virgil's Pastorals, The battle and government of bees, &c. With his speeches, political pieces, poems, songs and plays, the greatest part never printed before... With memoirs of the author's life, writ by an eminent hand (v.1)

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Classmark: BC Lt d/SED

Creator(s): Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701)

Additional creator(s): Ayloffe, W (Other); Briscoe, Samuel (Other)

Related people: Ayloffe, W; Briscoe, Samuel

Publisher: Printed for S. Briscoe, and sold by T. Bickerton

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1722

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/271786

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018122519705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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Additional general title page printed in black and red, which may be conjugate with the frontispiece. With five-leaf dedication of which the first leaf, signed A2, may be inserted. The text of the dedication is signed by Sam. Briscoe.


Some of the plays have special title-pages.


Preface of v. 2 signed: W. Ayloffe.


Many irregularities in paging.

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