Shelfmark
Al.08.02
Author
Title
A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an answer to the objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle ... By Richard Bentley ... To which may be added, a chronological account of the life of Pythagoras, and other famous men, his contemporaries: by ... William Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by J. H. for Henry and George Mortlock, 1713.
Physical description
cxii, 550, [10]p ; 8vo.
Note
Previously Ca.5.16 and Ef.6.16.
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.
Citation/references note
ESTC N7876
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2000. 1 reel ; 35mm. Unit 314. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 10963, no. 01).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Waddington bookplate; donated to Eton by Edward Waddington in 1731.
Binding
18th century blind-stamped calf.
Subject
Phalaris, 6th cent - 6th cent Tyrant of Agrigentum.
Subject
Subject
Orrery, Charles Boyle, 1676 - 1731 Earl of. Dr. Bentley's dissertations on the epistles of Phalaris and the fables of Aesop.
Subject
Aesop.
Subject
Subject
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B11142