Autograph letter signed from Henry Bowes Howard, Earl of Suffolk, to Lord Orrery [manuscript], ca. 1747.

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Autograph letter signed from Henry Bowes Howard, Earl of Suffolk, to Lord Orrery [manuscript], ca. 1747.

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A pencil notes suggest that the recipient is Lord Orrery [i.e. the Earl of Cork]. Refers to a pamphlet, The canons of criticism by Thomas Edwards, 1748, which explores Warburton's annotation on Shakespeare.

2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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