Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of. An essay upon poetry : newly reprinted: upon an occasion of the preface to Valentinian, a play. Wherein the ingenious author is so unjustly reflected upon, that nothing but his great quality, could have hindered him from baffling the satyrist, by publishing his name to this second edition

Folger bibliographic ID: 137339
ESTC number: R18120
Wing number: B5341
Folger call number: B5341
Folger holdings ID: 129480

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Attributed to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham In verse The preface to the 1685 edition of John Fletcher's "Valentinian" was written by Robert Wolseley and is a defense of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, who is attacked in "An essay upon poetry" A reissue of the 1682 edition, with title page cancelled by a gathering of two leaves, one containing the new title page and the other advertisements; the latter is bound at the end

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Extended title: An essay upon poetry : newly reprinted: upon an occasion of the preface to Valentinian, a play. Wherein the ingenious author is so unjustly reflected upon, that nothing but his great quality, could have hindered him from baffling the satyrist, by publishing his name to this second edition

Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. Valentinian Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 English poetry

author: Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 1721
subject: Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
associated with: Wolseley, Robert, 1649-1697
bookseller: Hindmarsh, Joseph, active 1678-1696