A collection of the state letters of the Right Honourable Roger Boyle, The first Earl of Orrery, Lord President of Munster in Ireland. Containing a series of correspondence between the duke of Ormonde and his Lordship, from the Restoration to the year 1668. Together with Some other Letters and Pieces, of a different kind; Particularly, The life of the Earl of Orrery, by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Morrice, his Lordship's Chaplain.

People / Organizations

• Roger Boyle Orrery (Author)
• James Bettenham ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed by James Bettenham: and sold by Charles Hitch, at the Red Lion in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCXLII. [1742]

Publication year

1742-1742

ESTC No.

N14784

Grub Street ID

4548

Description

[4],xii,50,[3],52-60,376p. ; 2⁰

Note

Horizontal chain lines.

The leaf after p.50 is numbered 51.

Includes: 'An answer to a scandalous letter lately printed and subscribed by Peter Welsh .. entituled, A letter, desiring a just and merciful regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland' (pp.[333]-376) with a separate titlepage and the text of the letter.

Uncontrolled note

DFONOTE edp p. 50 is leaf n1v, n2r with catchword 'APPEN-'; the following leaf, the 'Appendix', is not paginated on the recto, its verso is numbered '52'; following leaf n2 is a singleton signed *n, 'The Epitaph' numbered '51' on the recto and blank on the verso; the followin leaf o1 is numbered '53' so that pagination break is ... 52, p.51, [1], 53-