Shelfmark
Al.08.01
Author
Title
A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an answer to the objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle ... By Richard Bentley ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by J. H. for Henry Mortlock, and John Hartley, 1699.
Physical description
cxii, 550, [10]p ; 8vo.
Note
Previously Da.7.12.
Note
An expansion of an essay that appeared in W. Wotton's "Reflections upon ancient and modern learning", 1697.
Note
A refutation of Boyle's "Dr. Bentley's dissertations on the epistles of Phalaris and the fables of Aesop", 1698, which argued that the Phalaris letters were authentic.
Note
Minor mis-pagination.
Note
Ms. price: "pr. 0l-3s-0d".
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B1929; ESTC R21147
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 857:40).
Provenance
Label recording bequest to Eton by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Provenance
Signature: "N. Mann Coll. Regal. 1700".
Binding
17th/18th century calf.
Subject
Phalaris, 6th cent - 6th cent Tyrant of Agrigentum. Early works to 1800.
Subject
Pseudo-Phalaris Early works to 1800.
Subject
Orrery, Charles Boyle, 1676 - 1731 Earl of. Dr. Bentley's dissertations on the epistles of Phalaris and the fables of Aesop.
Added entry--name
Mortlock, Henry bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B11141