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Politicall reflections upon the government of the Turks / by the author of the late Advice to a son.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Osborne, Francis, 1593-1659.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leo XI, Pope, 1535-1605.
- Leo.
- Politics and government.
- Turkey--Politics and government--Early works to 1800.
- Turkey.
- Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-1632.
- Gustav.
- Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68.
- Nero.
- Piso, Gaius Calpurnius, -65.
- Piso, Gaius Calpurnius.
- Vindex, Gaius Julius, approximately 25-68.
- Vindex, Gaius Julius.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò.
- Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
- Luther, Martin.
- Catholic Church--Controversial literature.
- Catholic Church.
- Genre:
- Controversial literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lonsdale, William Lowther, Earl of, 1757-1844 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 228 pages ; 15 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- c-e- )Iir heed alus (3) 1656 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by J.G. [that is, John Grismond] for Thomas Robinson Book-seller in Oxford, 1656.
- Contents:
- Also contains: Nicolas Machiavel
- The King of Sweden's descent into Germany
- The conspiracy of Piso and Vindex against Nero
- The greatnesse and corruption of the court of Rome
- The election of Pope Leo the XI
- The defection from the church of Rome
- Martin Luther vindicated.
- Notes:
- Variant to Wing O518, in Marsden Collection at E7/20: variations in main title page and each section has its own fly-title, although pagination is continuous.
- Attributed to Francis Osborne.
- Title framed in single rule.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Osborne, Francis. Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James. London : Printed by J. Grismond and are to be sold by T. Robinson, bookseller ..., 1658 -- Osborne, Francis. A miscellany of sundry essayes, paradoxes, and problematicall discourses, letters and characters. London : printed by John Grismond, 1659.
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757 -1844), a British Tory politician and nobleman, on front pastedown. Books from his library were sold at auction by Sotheby's 27 March 1922, and a further "selected portion of the Library at Lowther Castle, Penrith" on 14 July 1937.
- Cited in:
- ESTC R477512
- Wing O518 (variant)
- Contains:
- Turkish Policy.
- Observations upon the Government of the Turks.
- Discourse upon Nicolas Machiavell.
- Observations upon the King of Sweden's descent into Germany.
- Discourse upon Piso and Vindex ...
- Discourse upon the greatness and corruption of the court of Rome.
- Discourse upon the election of Pope Leo the XI.
- Political occasions of the political defection from the Church of Rome.
- Discourse in vindication of Martin Luther.
- OCLC:
- 681141209
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