Author: Gilbert Burnet; Lord Ronald Gower [ed.]
Title: Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester
Description: London, Elliot Stock, 1875 . Leather. A late nineteenth century facsimile of a late seventeenth century biography of John, Earl of Rochester. Signed by the editor, Lord Ronald Gower. Inscribed by the editor to a front blank 'To the Rev. John D Hill, from Ronald Gower. 8.6.75&apos. Gower was a British sculptor, best known for his statue of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also wrote biographies of Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc, as well as serving as Liberal Member of Parliament for Sutherland. He was one of several society figures implicated in the Cleveland Street Scandal, where a male brothel was raided by police.The uncommon 1875 facsimile of Gilbert Burnet's 1680 work, a touching yet entertaining memoir on the life of his good friend, the 2nd Earl of Rochester John Wilmot.This was a biography on the life of the Restoration rakish poet John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester. Wilmot is as famous for his poetry as for this rakish habits in his personal life, a controversial figure who was popular at Charles II's court. His best known work is 'A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind&apos. Rebound in full morocco, with endpapers renewed. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Signed to a front blank. Pages age toned, but clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Keywords: facsimile Gilbert Burnet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester Gilbert Burnet None


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