Considerations upon The secret history of the White Staff. : Humbly address'd to the E- of O--.

Considerations upon The secret history of the White Staff. : Humbly address'd to the E- of O--.

London : Printed for A. Moore, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1714]

35,[1]p. ; (8vo)

Variously attributed to Francis Atterbury, Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, and John Oldmixon.

E- of O-- = Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford.

With a half-title.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T31573

Great Britain -- England -- London.

153- 835.6q

153835.6. Bound with 12 other tracts in the White Staff series; volume with manuscript table of contents on flyleaf. Manuscript price on t.p.: "6d." and date: "13. Octob. 1714."; name completed: "Earl of Oxford", and note: "Sd. to be writt by D[octor] Atterbury Bp of Rochester." In 18c calf with binder's title: "Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1714." Provenance: Narcissus Luttrell copy; bought by Folger from Robinson, 30 March 1955