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The Syracusan tyrant: or, The life of Agathocles. [microform] With some reflexions on the practices of our modern usurpers
Bib ID 1219752
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Author
Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673
 
Description London : printed for R. Royston, bookseller to the Kings most excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by S. Gape neer the Middle Temple in Fleetstreet, 1661 
[32], 263, [1] p., [1] leaf of folded plates ; 
Series

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1934:1.

Notes

Dedication signed: R. P. = Richard Perrinchief. Cf. Wing, McAlpin.

Republished in 1676 as: The Sicilian tyrant.

Frontispiece = folded plate, depicting "Tyranny" as a soldier, with "Perfidia" and "Crudelitas" holding a wreath of snakes above his head.

An attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles.

Caption title on p. 1: The tyrant, or The life of Agathocles.

Running title: The life of Agathocles.

Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Cited In

Wing (2nd ed.) P1609A.

McAlpin. Supp. p. 197

Reproduction Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1989. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1934:1). 
Subjects Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.  |  Agathocles, Tyrant of Syracuse, 361 B.C.-289 B.C.  |  Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
Other authors/contributors Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673. Sicilian tyrant
Also Titled

Syracusan tyrant

Life of Agathocles.

Tyrant, or, The life of Agathocles.

Sicilian tyrant.

Available From UMI 300 N Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553 
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260 |aLondon :|bprinted for R. Royston, bookseller to the Kings most excellent Majesty, and are to be sold by S. Gape neer the Middle Temple in Fleetstreet,|c1661.
300 |a[32], 263, [1] p., [1] leaf of folded plates ;
500 |aDedication signed: R. P. = Richard Perrinchief. Cf. Wing, McAlpin.
500 |aRepublished in 1676 as: The Sicilian tyrant.
500 |aFrontispiece = folded plate, depicting "Tyranny" as a soldier, with "Perfidia" and "Crudelitas" holding a wreath of snakes above his head.
500 |aAn attack on Oliver Cromwell presented as a biography of Agathocles.
500 |aCaption title on p. 1: The tyrant, or The life of Agathocles.
500 |aRunning title: The life of Agathocles.
500 |aReproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
510 4 |aWing (2nd ed.)|cP1609A.
510 0 |aMcAlpin. Supp. p. 197
533 |aMicrofilm.|bAnn Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International,|d1989.|e1 microfilm reel; 35 mm|f(Early English books, 1641-1700; 1934:1).
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600 0 0 |aAgathocles,|cTyrant of Syracuse,|d361 B.C.-289 B.C.
651 4 |aGreat Britain|xHistory|yCivil War, 1649-1660|xEarly works to 1800.
700 1 |aPerrinchief, Richard,|d1623?-1673.|tSicilian tyrant.
730 4 |aSicilian tyrant.
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