Literae pseudo-senatûs Anglicani, Cromwellii : reliquorumque perduellium nomine ac jussu / conscriptae a Joanne Miltono.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell), author.

Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.

Contributor:

Blaeu, Pieter, 1637-1706, printer.

Blaeu, Willem, 1635-1701, printer.

Pitt, Moses, active 1654-1696, bookseller.

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1649-1660--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

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

Physical Description:

[4], 234, [6] pages ; 14 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

Etus e-ci imn- siti (3) 1676 (A)

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : [Pieter and Willem Blaeu for Moses Pitt, London], impressae anno 1676.

Notes:

"A surreptitious publication of dispatches written by Milton in his capacity of Latin secretary to the Council of State from 1649 to 1659."--English short title catalogue.

One of two editions dated 1676. In this edition, the title vignette is a device of fruit and gathering K has 12 leaves; in the other, the title vignette is a device of triangular scrolls with open-mouthed face in center and gathering K has 10 leaves. For a full description of each edition, see Harkness.

"Probably printed in Amsterdam by Pieter and Willem Blaeu, possibly for Moses Pitt, London (Kelley, M. 'First editions of Milton's "Literae"', TLS, 29 April 1960, p. 273)."--English short title catalogue.

Signatures: *² A-K¹² (leaves K10, K11, and K12 blanks).

Leaf E4 signed E2.

Errors in pagination: page 92 numbered 90; page 194 numbered 294.

Woodcut title vignette. "This edition has a title-page device of fruit."--English short title catalogue.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center RBC 2026 38 presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2018. Early ink marks and blots on leaves A12v, B1r, C12v, D1f, H1r, H4v and H5r.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue, R16771

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), M2128

Shawcross, J.T. Milton: a bibliography for the years 1624-1700, 321

Coleridge, K.A. Descriptive catalogue of the Milton Collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, 29

Harkness, B. “Precedence of the 1676 editions of Milton's Literae pseudo-senatus Anglicani.” In Studies in Bibliography, v. 7 (1955): 181-185, A-B (page 182)

OCLC:

926138638