Poems, &c. on several occasions: with Valentinian, a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester

All titles

• Poems, &c. on several occasions: with Valentinian, a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester
• Poems. Selections
• Pastoral, in imitation of the Greek of Moschus; bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester; Valentinian. A tragedy

People / Organizations

• John Wilmot (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street, 1691.

Publication year

1691

ESTC No.

R1390

Grub Street ID

61964

Description

[12], xv, [1], 154, [14], 369-449, 449-462, [1] p. ; 8°.

Note

Partly in verse

Title page in red and black

Signatures: A]4 chi]2 *]8 B-C]8 D]8 (±D3,D7) E-L]8 2A]4 2B-2G]8

The first leaf bears an advertisement on verso

Includes "A pastoral, in imitation of the Greek of Moschus; bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester" (*]8)

With a divisional title page (B1r) for part 1

"Valentinian. A tragedy" (adapted by Rochester from John Fletcher, who apparently did not collaborate with Beaumont on this work) has separate dated title page on 2A1; pagination commences with p. 369

In the final sequence, even-numbered pages are on rectos

D3 and D7 are cancels; last word on D3r "own", last word on D7r "Wit". The cancellanda have last words "dull" and "Wenches" respectively.