The compleat statesman, demonstrated in the life, actions, and politicks of that great minister of state, Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury: containing an historical account of his descent, his administration of affairs in the time of Oliver Cromwell, his unwearied endeavours to restore His most sacred Majesty, his zeal in prosecuting the horrid Popish Plot; several of his learned speeches during his being Ld. Chancellor, his two commitments to the Tower; the most material passages at his tryal: with many more considerable instances, unto His Lordships going for Holland.

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Alsop ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible, and Thomas Malthus, at the Sun in the Poultry, 1683.

Publication year

1683-1683

ESTC No.

R35656

Grub Street ID

118035

Description

[2], 7-160 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8⁰

Note

Attributed to J. Dunton: cf. Lowndes, vol. 3, p. 2250.

With frontis. portrait (plate) of Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury.