AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT WALPOLE, ESQ; upon His Majesty's arrival …

WITHERS, John.

Published by London: printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-Street in the Strand, 1723

About this Item

Folio, pp. [iv], 6; a fine copy, complete with half title; disbound. First and only edition. In the summer of 1723 Townsend and Carteret, the two secretaries of state, accompanied George I to Hanover, leaving Walpole in undisputed possession of power in England; this poem celebrates the King's return. John Withers (1669-1729) was a nonconformist clergyman in Exeter: a staunch Whig, he published several controversial tracts which were widely circulated, but this appears to be his only published poem. Foxon W538. This poem is exceptionally rare: ESTC lists just five copies, at the British Library (two) and Bodleian in the UK, and at Library of Congress and at Princeton in the US. The Princeton copy belonged to Narcissus Luttrell.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT WALPOLE, ESQ; upon His Majesty's arrival …
• Publisher: London: printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over-against Katharine-Street in the Strand
• Publication Date: 1723
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