Item #80567 MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY OF THE BOYLES; PARTICULARLY OF THE LATE EMINENTLY LEARNED CHARLES EARL OF ORRERY. IN WHICH IS CONTAIN'D MANY CURIOUS PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, NOT EXTANT IN ANY OTHER AUTHOR: EXTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE MR. BOYLE, AND THE REVEREND DR. BENTLEY, CONCERNING THE GENUINENESS OF PHILARIS'S EPISTLES; ALSO, THE SAME TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK; Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author…. Eustace Budgell.
MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY OF THE BOYLES; PARTICULARLY OF THE LATE EMINENTLY LEARNED CHARLES EARL OF ORRERY. IN WHICH IS CONTAIN'D MANY CURIOUS PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, NOT EXTANT IN ANY OTHER AUTHOR: EXTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE MR. BOYLE, AND THE REVEREND DR. BENTLEY, CONCERNING THE GENUINENESS OF PHILARIS'S EPISTLES; ALSO, THE SAME TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK; Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author…
MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY OF THE BOYLES; PARTICULARLY OF THE LATE EMINENTLY LEARNED CHARLES EARL OF ORRERY. IN WHICH IS CONTAIN'D MANY CURIOUS PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, NOT EXTANT IN ANY OTHER AUTHOR: EXTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE MR. BOYLE, AND THE REVEREND DR. BENTLEY, CONCERNING THE GENUINENESS OF PHILARIS'S EPISTLES; ALSO, THE SAME TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK; Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author…
MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY OF THE BOYLES; PARTICULARLY OF THE LATE EMINENTLY LEARNED CHARLES EARL OF ORRERY. IN WHICH IS CONTAIN'D MANY CURIOUS PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, NOT EXTANT IN ANY OTHER AUTHOR: EXTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE MR. BOYLE, AND THE REVEREND DR. BENTLEY, CONCERNING THE GENUINENESS OF PHILARIS'S EPISTLES; ALSO, THE SAME TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK; Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author…

MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY OF THE BOYLES; PARTICULARLY OF THE LATE EMINENTLY LEARNED CHARLES EARL OF ORRERY. IN WHICH IS CONTAIN'D MANY CURIOUS PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY, NOT EXTANT IN ANY OTHER AUTHOR: EXTRACTED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE MR. BOYLE, AND THE REVEREND DR. BENTLEY, CONCERNING THE GENUINENESS OF PHILARIS'S EPISTLES; ALSO, THE SAME TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK; Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author…

London, England: Olive Payne, 1737. Third Edition, Carefully Corrected. Leather-bound. Octavo, 7.8 in. x 4.8 in., ppp. xl, 258, 34. Illustrated with a frontis of Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. Contemporary full dark calf with gilt frame to front and back. Gilt title on red panel, and five raised bands, to spine. Rubbing to extremities, with cracking to front joint. Corners nudged. One inch chip to leather on spine. Title page in red and black. Clean copy internally. Good Plus. Item #80567

Eustace Budgell (1686 -1737) was an English writer who,was a principal contributor to The Spectator. IIn 1710, his cousin, then secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, offered Budgell a clerkship; and until 1718 Budgell filled many posts with considerable ability. Meanwhile, after perhaps helping with The Tatler, he wrote his Spectator papers and a few for The Guardian. In 1718, when the Duke of Bolton became lord lieutenant, Budgell quarreled with him and was dismissed. His difficulties were aggravated by the loss of £20,000 in the South Sea Bubble, an incident involving the South Sea (trading) Company and the wild speculation of a number of investors. Budgell wrote libels against Sir Robert Walpole in the antigovernmental Craftsman and founded his own weekly, the Bee (1733–35), which ran to 100 numbers, many filled with vainglorious self-justification. Disliked by many, Budgell was criticized by Alexander Pope in the Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot and in The Dunciad. His last years were spent in litigation concerning a will that he may have forged, making him beneficiary. Finally, Budgell weighted his pockets with stones and drowned himself. (from Brittanica)

Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674 – 1731) was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences.... Boyle became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706. In 1713, under the patronage of Boyle, clockmaker George Graham created the first mechanical Solar System model that could demonstrate proportional motion of the planets around the Sun. The device was named the "orrery" in the Earl's honour.

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