The works of Sir William Temple, bart
Subtitle: Complete in four volumes octavo. ; To which is prefixed, the life and character of the author
Contributors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Lippitt, Frederick
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for J. Brotherton and W. Sewell, J. Whiston, C. Bathurst, J. and F. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, B. White, L. Hawes and Co. C. Rivington, G. Pearce, J. Knox, R. Baldwin, and the executors of H. Lintot, and T. Wotton
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Notes: Volume 1 has special dated title page following collective title page leaf: The works of Sir William Temple bart. Volume the first; imprint is identical to that of collective title page leaf.

"Letters written by Sir William Temple, bart. and other ministers of state, both at home and abroad: containing an account of the most important transactions that passed in Christendom from 1665 to 1672. Reviewed by Sir W. Temple some time before his death: and published by Jonathan Swift, domestic chaplain to His Excellency the Earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords justices of Ireland", v. 1, p. [223]-524, has divisional title page.

"Memoirs of what passed in Christendom from the war begin 1672, to the peace concluded 1679", v. 2, p. [241]-479, has divisional title page.

"Memoirs, the third part, from the peace concluded 1679, to the time of the author's retirement from public business", v. 2, p. [481]-568, has divisional title page.

"An introduction to The history of England", v. 3, p. [67]-194, has divisional title page.

Pagination: v. 1: xxviii, [1], 30-524 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 568 p.; v. 3: 544 p.; v. 4: [2], ii, [1], 4-466, [88] p.

Errors in pagination: v. 1, p. 220 misnumbered 200.

Errata: v. 2, p. [3], 1st count.

Includes general index at end of v. 4.

Signatures: v. 1: pi² A² (A1 verso blank) B-2K⁸ (P4, P5 versos blank) 2L²; v. 2: [A]² B-2N⁸ (Q8, 2H8, 2I1, 2I4 versos blank) 2O⁴; v. 3: A⁴ B-2L⁸ (2A3 missgned 2A) 2M⁴; v. 4: [A]² (-[A]2) B-2M⁸ 2N⁶ (-2N6) (2N5 verso blank)

Engraved tail pieces.

English short title catalogue T136605.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full speckled calf.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired as gift from the estate of Frederick Lippitt.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: HHH: armorial bookplate on front pastedowns of v. 1-4.
Table of contents: title: (From contents): v. 1: Life of the author; title: An essay on the original and nature of government; title: Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands; title: Letters containing an account of the most important transactions that passed in Christendom from 1665 to 1672; title: v. 2: Sequel of the author's letters, serving to supply the loss of the first part of his memoirs; title: A survey of the constitutions and interests of the Empire, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Holland, France, and Flanders in 1671; title: A letter to the Duke of Ormond, written in October 1673, upon His Grace's desiring the author to give him his opinion, what was to be done in that conjuncture; title: Memoirs part II. What passed in Christendom from the war begun 1672 to the peace concluded 1679; title: Memoirs part III. From the peace concluded 1679, to the time of the author's retirement from public business; title: Appendix to the Memoirs part III; title: v. 3: An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland; title: Of popular discontents; title: An introduction to the history of England; title: Of gardening; title: An essay upon the cure of the gout by moxa; title: Of health and long life; title: Of heroic virtue; title: Of poetry; title: An essay upon ancient and modern learning; title: Thoughts upon reviewing that essay; title: Of the excesses of grief; title: Of the different conditions of life and fortune; title: Heads of an essay on conversation; title: Poetry; title: v. 4: Letters to the King, the Prince of Orange, &c.