Contemplations upon life and death: with serious reflections on the miseries that attend humane life, in every station, degree, and change thereof. Written by a person of quality, in his confinement, a little before his death. Shewing the vanity of the desires of long life and the fears of death. With A true copy of the paper delivered to the sheriffs upon the scaffold at Tower-Hill, on Thursday, January 28. 1696/7 by Sir John Fenwick, baronet

All titles

• Contemplations upon life and death: with serious reflections on the miseries that attend humane life, in every station, degree, and change thereof. Written by a person of quality, in his confinement, a little before his death. Shewing the vanity of the desires of long life and the fears of death. With A true copy of the paper delivered to the sheriffs upon the scaffold at Tower-Hill, on Thursday, January 28. 1696/7 by Sir John Fenwick, baronet
• Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English
• True copy of the paper delivered by Sir John Fenwicke, Baronet, to the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, on Tower-Hill, the place of execution, on Thursday Jan. 28. 1696/7.

People / Organizations

• G. Larkin ("printed for")
• Philippe de Mornay (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for G. Larkin, and sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster, 1697.

Added name

Fenwick, John, Sir, 1645?-1697.

Publication year

1697

ESTC No.

R37797

Grub Street ID

119989

Description

[2], 31, [1] p. ; 4°.

Note

A translation of: Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly. Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort

"A true copy of the paper" was originally published separately.

Uncontrolled note

Identified as Wing F720 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700"