Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester, who died the 26th of July, 1680. Writen by his own Direction on his Death-Bed, By Gilbert Burnet, D.D.
by Burnet, Gilbert
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London: Printed for Richard Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1680.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [xvi], 182, [viii]pp. First edition, first state, with errata uncorrected and listed on A8v. Contemporary calf. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Rochester by R. White. ESTC R15099; Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B5922; Grolier, Wither to Prior 125. With the ownership inscription of Somerset Davies on the title-page. This could be Davies, Somerset (?1754-1817), of Wigmore Hall, Salop and Croft Castle, Herefs, MP for Ludlow (9 May 1783 - 1784). - (info on ownership inscription from URL: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/davies-somerset-1754-1817)
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- Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester, who died the 26th of July, 1680. Writen by his own Direction on his Death-Bed, By Gilbert Burnet, D.D.
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- Burnet, Gilbert
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- London: Printed for Richard Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1680.
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