To the King, upon His Majesties happy return

British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661: E.1080[2]
Folger bibliographic ID: 339928
ESTC number: R207837
Wing number: T1496aA
Folger call number: 268- 803q item 8
Folger holdings ID: 491840
Accession Number: 268803.8

Bibliographic format

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General notes

Verse. Can be distinguished from the same-titled Edmund Waller poem published the same year by the imprint and by the first line: As the great world at first in chaos lay Has been attributed to Thomas Southouse; attribution doubtful. See Flight, Colin. "Thomas Southouse, not Thomas Southland, the author of 'Love à la mode' (1663)": page 6 [PDF] Available via WWW: Research Archive of Colin Flight J.M. is John Macock Signatures: A-B² Annotation on Thomason copy: June 3d Royal arms on title page

Item information about Folger 268- 803q item 8

Anonymous armorial bookplate (motto: Le bon temps viendra) of the Harcourt family of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire. Fragment of a leaf torn from an unidentified almanac inserted between items 9 and 10. In early speckled leather (sheepskin) inboard binding with later red leather spine label. Bound eighth in a volume of 10 items, mostly Restoration poetry. Numbered '8' in pencil on first leaf upper right by Folger staff. Acquired from Christopher Edwards, 2015-01-05, who acquired it at Sotheby's London sale (L14408), 09 December 2014, lot 16

Extended title: To the King, upon His Majesties happy return / by a person of honour
Alternate titles: As the great world at first in chaos lay

Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685

subject: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
attributed name: Southouse, Thomas, 1640 or 1641-1676
printer: Macock, John
bookseller: Herringman, Henry, -1704
former owner: Harcourt (Family : Stanton Harcourt (England))