The poetical works of the Right Honourable Charles, late Earl of Halifax : with his lordship's life, including the history of his times
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Type of record: Book
Title: The poetical works of the Right Honourable Charles, late Earl of Halifax : with his lordship's life, including the history of his times
Classmark: BC Lt MON
Creator(s): Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715)
Additional creator(s): Halifax, George Montagu Earl of (1739) (Other); Pittis, William (1674-1724) (Other); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) (Other); Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715) (Other); Curll, Edmund (1675-1747) (Other); Pemberton, John (1739) (Other); Van der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776) (Other); Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723) (Other)
Related people: Halifax, Charles Montagu, Earl of, 1661-1715; Halifax, Charles Montagu, Earl of, 1661-1715
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll and J. Pemberton
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1716
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 leaves, 2 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, ii, 1 leaves, 1-85 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 87-92, 264, viii, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/280286
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001162309705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
"Poems on several occasions" has separate title-page.
Edited by the author of the "Memoirs of the life": William Pittis.
Frontispiece portrait (after G. Kneller) signed M. Vdr. Gucht Scul.
This is a Curll composite volume, components of which were sometimes issued independently, sometimes as parts of other works, sometimes bound in different order.
Title within double rule border; head- and tailpieces; initials.
Th "Memoirs of the life" has individual pagination, and is signatured from B-L1. Pp. 112 and 200 of the "Memoirs" wrongly numbered 102 and 100 respectively.
The 1st ed. was issued by Curll in 1715, entitled The works and life of the Right Honorable Charles, late Earl of Halifax... (contents varies slightly).
Indexed in: ESTC t075186 (diff. binding order).
Additional description
With the bookplate of John Wodehouse, 2nd baron Wodehouse of Kimberley [1771-1846]
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