Rare Books

An excellent new ballad, to the tune of How unhappy is Phillis in love

Description: ESTC R32948 ; Verse - "Let Oliver now be forgotten," ; A satire on Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury ; First line of imprint ends "and are to be" no comma following "tune of" in line 2 of title. By Thomas D'Urfey. The text is printed in v.2 of his collected works: Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy (1719), with the title “Old Tony”.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1681
Call number: 299798:47
Creator: D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from H. W. Edwards, 1955 With armorial bookplate of William Arthur, sixth Duke of Portland.
Dimensions: (1/2 sheet)
Associated people: Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, (1857-1943,)
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