Item #83071 THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF HIS LATE EXCELLENCY, MATTHEW PRIOR, ESQ; REVISED AND SIGNED BY HIMSELF, AND COPIED FAIR FOR THE PRESS BY MR. ADRIAN DRIFT, HIS EXECUTOR. Matthew Prior.
THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF HIS LATE EXCELLENCY, MATTHEW PRIOR, ESQ; REVISED AND SIGNED BY HIMSELF, AND COPIED FAIR FOR THE PRESS BY MR. ADRIAN DRIFT, HIS EXECUTOR
THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF HIS LATE EXCELLENCY, MATTHEW PRIOR, ESQ; REVISED AND SIGNED BY HIMSELF, AND COPIED FAIR FOR THE PRESS BY MR. ADRIAN DRIFT, HIS EXECUTOR

THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF HIS LATE EXCELLENCY, MATTHEW PRIOR, ESQ; REVISED AND SIGNED BY HIMSELF, AND COPIED FAIR FOR THE PRESS BY MR. ADRIAN DRIFT, HIS EXECUTOR

London, England: Privately Printed (for the Editor), 1740. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Later smooth calf. Spine ruled in gilt, with gilt title lettering.8" x 5 1/4" (21 cm.). viii + 472, [8] ) Index) Many letters relating to political and personal affairs, quoted in full. "When Prior was abroad Drift acted as his secretary and was a personal friend and one of the poet's executors" (Westminster Abbey site). Very Good Plus. Item #83071

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