Poems on affairs of state : from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller, Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration.

Poems on affairs of state : from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Esq; Mr. Milton, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, Mr. Waller, Mr. Ayloffe, &c. With some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed. Now carefully examined with the originals, and published without any castration.

The third edition corrected and much enlarged.

[London] : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1699.

[8], 224, 245-267, [1]; [8], 264 p. ; (8vo)

The words "Duke of Buckingham, ... Marvell, Esq;" and "Mr. Milton, ... Mr. Ayloffe, &c." are each bracketed together on title page.

Place of publication from Wing.

In two parts. Part 2, "State-poems; continued from the time of O. Cromwel, to the year 1697" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.

Within Part 2 "The hind and panther transvers'd to the story of the country-mouse and the city-mouse", by Matthew Prior (published originally in 1687), has divisional title page on F1r; pagination and register are continuous.

Part 2 contains Latin as well as English verse.

It seems likely that Part 2 was also issued separately, but Wing does not record such an edition. Wing S5325A is the 1697 edition of "State-poems". Verify that the 1699 edition was issued only as part 2 of P2721.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), P2721
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R30534

Great Britain -- England -- London.

P2721

154971. Cambridge-style binding; all edges sprinkled. Imperfect: Part 2 only. Manuscript markings. Provenance: according to Folger card catalogue: anonymous engraved armorial bookplate of Earl of Cowper (motto "tuum est")