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La Bible : qui est toute le saincte escriture du vieil et nouveau Testament

Laurents, Henri; Marot, Clément (1496-1544); Bèze, Théodore de (1519-1605)

1635

French Geneva version. "Indice novveav par lievx commvns"--Leaves [2]-[13] at end. "Les Pseavmes de David, mis en rime francoise par Clement Marot, et Theodore de Beze"--Leaves [14]-[93] at end. ...

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The prouffytable boke for ma[n]nes soule, and right comfortable to the body, and specyally in aduersitee [and] trybulacyon, whiche boke is called The chastysing of goddes chyldern

Worde, Wynkyn de; Bedford, Francis (1799-1883); Huth, Henry (1815-1878); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1492-93]

Signatures: [*]² A-G⁶ H⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Printed in two columns with 36 lines to a full column. Ornamental woodcut initials on [*1v] and A1r. Woodcut initials throughout. Indexed in...

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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.

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Jacobean Travelling Library, January 1617
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Travelling Library

1617

A box resembling a single folio book, containing 43 small volumes. This Jacobean travelling library is one of four of a similar kind, the others being in the British Library, the Huntington Library ...

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Poems of Mr. John Milton : both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. Printed by his true copies. The songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Maiesties private musick. Printed and publish'd according to order

Milton, John (1608-1674); Milton, John (1608-1674); Lawes, Henry (1596-1662); Marshall, William (1617-1650)

1645

In verse. The engraved frontispiece portrait (plate), which is the first published portrait of Milton, is signed: W.M. sculp:, i.e. William Marshall. The first leaf is blank. "Joannis Miltoni Lo...

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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....

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

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