A Discourse of Drinking Healths [WITH] Of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead [AND] A Second Part of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead
Published by Printed for Henry Clements, London, 1716
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
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First London editions of "Drinking Healths" and "A Second Part .," second London edition of "Of Drinking in Remembrance". viii, 9-217, (7) pp; 36 pp; x, 76 pp. 12mo. Browne (1664/5-1735) was Lord Bishop of Cork and Rosse. He was born in County Dublin and entered Trinity Colleg in 1682, where he was a contemporary of Swift. Between 1713 and 1722, he wrote 4 pamphlets on the custom of drinking in memory of the dead, which he considered a sacrilege. This attack on the custom of drinking to the health of the King, including the late King William of Orange, earned him nothing but ridicule. ESTC T63505; T62230; T55085 Disbound. Contemporary owner?s observations on ffep, else clean viii, 9-217, (7) pp; 36 pp; x, 76 pp. 12mo First London editions of ?Drinking Healths? and ?A Second Part ?,? second London edition of ?Of Drinking in Remembrance..
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- Title
- A Discourse of Drinking Healths [WITH] Of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead [AND] A Second Part of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead
- Author
- [Browne], Peter
- Publisher
- Printed for Henry Clements, London
- Publication year
- 1716
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- Philosophy & Religion
James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
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