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N (Boyle)Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1648-1720 or 21 ; Wolseley, Robert, 1649-1697.
An essay upon poetry, newly reprinted: : upon an occasion of the preface to Valentinian, a play. Wherein the ingenious author is so unjustly reflected upon, that nothing but his great quality, could have hindered him from baffling the satyrist, by publishing his name to this second edition.
London : printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, bookseller to his Royal Highness, at the Black Bull in Cornhil, 1685 [i.e. 1684]. Attributed to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. In verse. The preface to the 1685 edition of John Fletcher's "Valentinian" was written by Robert Wolseley and is a defense of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, who is attacked in "An essay upon poetry". A reissue of the 1682 edition, with title page cancelled by a gathering of two leaves, one containing the new title page and the other advertisements; the latter is bound at the end. Bound with Boyle, Of a Degradation of Gold. 4to. On permanent loan from University College, Oxford (R.15.22).
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