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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 4 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 4 |
| Baron Brotherton | 3 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 3 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 3 |
| Lord Brotherton | 3 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 3 |
| Bedford, Francis (1799-1883) | 2 |
| Adelard | 1 |
| Adelard of Bath (1116-1142) | 1 |
Letter from James I of England to his mother-in-law, Sophia von Mecklenburg-Güstrow, dowager Queen of Denmark.
King James I
The letter refers to the marriage of James I and Anne of Denmark.
A Yorkshire tragedie : Not so new, as lamentable and true. VVritten by VV. Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1619
Not in fact by Shakespeare. Mostly in verse. Signatures: pi1(=D4) A-C⁴ D⁴(-D4). The text is followed by a blank leaf [D3]. The title was printed on leaf [D4] which was transferred to the beg...
Aglaura
Suckling, Sir John (1609-1642)
1638
Anonymous. By Sir John Suckling. In verse. The title page has imprimatur on verso. With the unpaged, unsigned title-leaf to the alternative version of Act V and two prologues. First edition. I...
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another. The three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise. And the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita the latter
Fréart, Roland sieur de Chambray (1606-1676); Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472); Evelyn, John (1620-1706)
1664
First edition. Bookseller's list, 1 page, on verso following p.159. Latin verses to Evelyn by Beale printed on A1r. Additional engraved title-page, with dedicatory portrait of Baron de Noyers, a...
The Belides, or, Eulogie of that honourable souldier Captain William Fairefax : slain at Frankenthall in the Palatinate, when it was besieged by Consales de Cordova, in the year 1621
G. T (1595-1675); Gaywood, Richard (fl.1650-1680)
1660
In verse. The epistle dedicatory signed: G.T. Frontis. portrait (plate) of William Fairfax signed: R Gaywood fecit 1656. Leaf A4 printed in red and black.
Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the true original copies. Unto which is added, seven plays, never before printed in folio: viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre, The London prodigal, The history of Thomas Lord Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, The Puritan widow, A Yorkshire tragedy, The tragedy of Locrine
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1685
The 'fourth folio'. 13 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches. F.1b. Droeshout's engraving with Ben Jonson's verse 'This figure...' below it. F.2a. Title-page. F.3a-b. 'To the most noble and incomparable pair ...'. F.4...
Q. Horatius Flaccus: his Art of poetry. Englished by Ben: Jonson. With other workes of the author, never printed before
Horace; Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Marshall, William (fl. 1617-1650)
1640
A translation of Horace's "Ars poetica". With an additional title page, engraved, signed "W.M. sculpsit" (i.e. William Marshall), with imprint "London. Printed for John Benson. 1640". Variant 1: thi...
Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime
Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Adelard of Bath (1116-1142); Campano da Novara (1296); Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Malaspina, Manfredi marchese di Filattiera (1720-1787); Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)
anno Salutis 1482 octauis Calen[darum] Iun[ij]. [25 May 1482]
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸. Title from incipit in red on a2r. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on r7v reads: Opus elementoru[m] euclidis megarensis in geometria[m] arte[m] In id quoq[ue] Campani p...
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. The second impression
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1632
The 'second folio'. 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot 1632. F.1b. 'To the re...
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Bedford, Francis (1799-1883); Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William (1853-1930); Vail, Theodore Newton (1845-1920); Wells, Gabriel (1861-1946); Condell, Henry (1627); Heminge, John (1556-1630); Droeshout, Martin (1601-); Jaggard, Isaac (1627); Blount, Edward (1588-1632); Smethwicke, John (1641); Aspley, William (1640)
1623
The 'first folio', with very slight imperfections. 12 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches. F.1b. 'To the reader'. [By Ben Jonson.] F.2a. Title-page. F.3a-b. 'To the most noble...'. F.4a. 'To the great variety ...'. F....
[A leaf from the first printed Bible]
Gutenberg, Johann (1397?-1468); Fust, Johannes (1400-1466); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
[about 1455]
Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 42 lines to a full column.
Incipit liber qui vocatur Speculum Xpristiani
Watton, John (1360-1370); Frankenberg, Johann Heinrich von (1726-1804); Machlinia, William de (1481-1486); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
[about 1485]
Signatures: [A-L⁸ M⁶ N⁴ O⁸ P-Q⁶]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [Q5v] reads: Iste libellus imp[re]ssus est i[n] opulentissima ciuitate Londoniar[um] p[er] me Willelmu[m] de Machlini...