The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham
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The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes.
John Sheffield Buckingham, Duke of
London : Printed for J.B. and sold by Aaron Ward, at the King's Arms, in Little-Britain ; T. Wotton, at the Three Daggers and Queen's-Head, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street ; D. Browne, at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar ; R. Williamson, at Grey's-Inn Gate, Holborn ; T. Astley, at the Rose, in St. Paul's Church-Yard ; and J. Stagg in Westminster-Hall., M. DCC. XXIX., 1729.
2 volume set. Full contemporary leather. Vol. 1 front board detached. Bindings split in two. Pages generally clean, faint spotting. Fold out frontispiece. In this work Lord Mulgrave (Sheffield) adapted Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, breaking it up into two plays, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus. Alexander Pope edited a collected edition of his works at the request of his widow, this is the 2nd ed. of his work.