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Record Nr.

UNISA996396885203316

Autore

Perrinchief Richard <1623?-1673.>

Titolo

The Syracusan tyrant: or, The life of Agathocles [[electronic resource] ] : With some reflexions on the practices of our modern usurpers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for R. Royston, bookseller to the Kings most excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by S. Gape neer the Middle Temple in Fleetstreet, 1661

Descrizione fisica

[32], 263, [1] p., [1] leaf of folded plates

Altri autori (Persone)

PerrinchiefRichard <1623?-1673.>

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: R. P. = Richard Perrinchief. Cf. Wing, McAlpin.

Republished in 1676 as: The Sicilian tyrant.

Frontispiece = folded plate, depicting "Tyranny" as a soldier, with "Perfidia" and "Crudelitas" holding a wreath of snakes above his head.

An attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles.

Caption title on p. 1: The tyrant, or The life of Agathocles.

Running title: The life of Agathocles.

Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160