Blount, Charles. Reasons humbly offered for the liberty of unlicens'd printing. : To which is subjoin'd, the just and true character of Edmund Bohun, the licenser of the press. In a letter from a gentleman in the country, to a Member of Parliament

Folger bibliographic ID: 136838
ESTC number: R17412
Wing number: B3313
Folger call number: M3014
Folger holdings ID: 128976

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

A gentleman in the country = Charles Blount Signed "J.M.", i.e. John Milton, on B1r and D3v. Based on Milton's "Areopagitica", with many passages taken directly from that work

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 42)

Item information about Folger M3014

192379.2. Provenance: on front paste-down, bookplate reading: "The gift of J. O. Halliwell Esq. Penzance Library"; library stamp of Penzance Library; on back fly-leaf, label reading: "Repaired by Walker & Son, Plymouth"

Extended title: Reasons humbly offered for the liberty of unlicens'd printing. : To which is subjoin'd, the just and true character of Edmund Bohun, the licenser of the press. In a letter from a gentleman in the country, to a Member of Parliament

Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699 Freedom of the press

author: Blount, Charles, 1654-1693
subject: Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699
former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889