The Belides elegie or eulogie of that truly honourable Iohn Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton, who was elated hence the 27th. of Febr. 1613. wanting then two moneths of 22. years old
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Belides elegie or eulogie of that truly honourable Iohn Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton, who was elated hence the 27th. of Febr. 1613. wanting then two moneths of 22. years old
Other titles: Belides elegie or eulogie of that truly Honourable John Lord Harrington; The Belides or eulogie and elegie of that truly honorable John Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton
Classmark: BC Safe/TOO
Creator(s): G. T (1595-1675)
Related people: Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612
Publisher: printed by W. Godbid
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1659
Language: English
Size and medium: [8], 18, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/311217
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005813909705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
In verse.
First leaf and last leaf are blank.
Tooke sings the Epistle dedicatory.
Belides elegie or eulogie of that truly Honourable John Lord Harrington.
Drop-head title reads: "The Belides or eulogie and elegie of that truly honorable John Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton".
Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T1894.
Additional description
Bound with four other publications by Tooke, probably privately issued thus as a nonce-collection, three similar collections being known to exist. MS ownership inscription of Roger and Rachel Conningsbye, 1670, on recto of final blank of the whole volume. MS notes on Tooke, all in the same 19th-century hand, have been inserted at the beginning and end of the volume 2 leaves, on Tooke's wife and house, at the beginning of the fourth item, and facing its p.105 a fourth leaf preceding p.1 of the final item and a smaller note following the title-page of the first item. Bookplate of John Towneley [?(1697-1782)] pasted inside front cover, also printed slip with the name of Revd. Willm. Tooke (the writer of the MS notes?) [?(1744-1820)]. Two sale notices for the volume 1817 and 1819 respectively, with MS notes of date, price etc., also pasted inside front cover a further MS note relating to the 1819 sale written on Towneley's bookplate. Volume contents: 1. The Belides, 1660. -- 2.
The history of Cales passion, 1654. -- 3. The deplorable tragedie of Floris, [1654]. -- 4. Annæ-dicata, [1652?]. 5. The Belides, 1659
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