Killing no murder: briefly discoursed in three questions. / By William Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Titus, Silius, 1623?-1704.

Contributor:

Allen, William, Adjutant-general

Sexby, Edward, -1658.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.

Cromwell, Oliver.

Despotism--Early works to 1800.

Despotism.

Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660--Pamphlets--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

Pamphlets.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 27 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm

Fingerprint:

hety nei- chat hicl (3) 1689 (A)

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], Reprinted in the year 1689.

Notes:

Edward Sexby and Silius Titus are actually authors of this work published under the name William Allen. Allen, adjutant-general of the army in Ireland, was, like Sexby, a trooper in Cromwell's own regiment and was one of the agitators elected in 1647.--Cf. C.H. Firth, "Killing no murder," in English historical review, v. 17 (1902), pp. 308ff.

Place of publication from Wing.

This edition has "YEAR" in imprint, a colon after "murder" in title and a woodcut illustration of a bowl of flowers above imprint. Another edition has "year" in imprint, a semi-colon after "murder" in title and a design of type ornaments above imprint.

Marginal notes.

Originally published in Holland in 1657.

Signatures: [A]² B-D⁴ E².

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has "YEAR" in imprint, colon after "murder" in title and a woodcut illustration of a bowl of flowers above imprint.

Culture Class Collection copy has mock "dedication" to Oliver Cromwell bound at end of text.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T1312A

ESTC, R222275

OCLC:

3657654