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acting6
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painting4
political science4
english poetry3
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Horace22
Hills, Henry21
Hills, Henry (1713)21
Dryden, John (1631-1700)11
Dryden, John8
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)8
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon Earl of (1633?-1685)8
Francis, Philip7
Francis, Philip (1708?-1773)7
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De arte graphica = The art of painting

Du Fresnoy, Charles-Alphonse (1611-1668); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Graham, Richard (fl. 1680-1720)

1695

Signatures: a-h⁴, B-Z⁴, 2A-2Y⁴, 2Z, [pi], a-h⁴, B-Z⁴, 2A-2Y⁴, 2Z. Added engraved t.p. Includes the original poem in Latin, with title: De arte graphica liber. Rendered into English f...

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The art of politicks : in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry

Bramston, James (1694?-1744)

1729

List of books printed for Gilliver, dated 1729 (1 p.) at end. Engraved portrait device on t.p., and satirical frontispiece. Iolo Williams' edition "D". Anon., by James Bramston.

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The art of politicks : in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry

Bramston, James (1694?-1744)

1729

List of books printed for Gilliver, dated 1729 (4 pp.) at end. Engraved portrait device on t.p., and satirical frontispiece. Apparently Iolo Williams' edition "A", but book-list has a bust of Home...

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The Art of preaching : in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Smalridge, George (1663-1719); Horace

[1746?]

Attributed to Robert Dodsley (cf. BLC and ESTC) or George Smalridge (cf. NUC pre-1956 and Evans).

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The art of politicks : in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry

Bramston, James (1694?-1744)

1729

Anonymous. By James Bramston. Verse. False imprint, printed in Edinburgh by Ruddiman on the evidence of the ornaments (Foxon).

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The Art of love

1745

In verse. Anon.

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The art of acting

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); Osborn, J

1746

No more published. Dedication signed A. Hill. Anon., by Aaron Hill.

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The art of speaking

Lamy, François (1636-1711); Arnauld, Antoine (1612-1694); Brulart, Fabio (1655-1714)

1676

First edition in English. Formerly attributed to Antoine Arnauld; now attributed to Françoise Lamy. Cf. Halkett & Laing (3rd ed.). Also attributed to Fabio Brulart. The original work, issued an...

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The art of painting

Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse (1611-1668); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Jarvis, Charles (1675?-1739); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Graham, Richard (fl. 1680-1720); Lintot, Bernard

1716

Parallel texts of du Fresnoy's Latin poem, 'De arte graphica', and Dryden's prose translation, modified by Charles Jervas. 'To Mr. Jervas, with Frensoy's [sic] Art of painting', in verse, is by Alex...

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The art of beauty : a poem

J. B (fl. 1719)

1719

With 4 pp. of advertisements of books printed for R. Francklin at end.

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The art of dress : a poem

Breval, John (1680?-1738); Welsted, Leonard (1688-1747)

1717

Preface signed: J.D.B., i.e. John Durant Breval, who used the name Joseph Gay. "Apple-pye a poem by Dr. King" (p. [27]-35) is by Leonard Welsted. Advertisements on pages [1]-3 (last count).

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The art of pleasing in conversation

Vaumorière, Pierre Ortigue de (1610-1693); Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis Cardinal, duc de (1585-1642)

1708

Formerly attributed either to Cardinal Richelieu or the Abbé Bellegarde, but now believed to be by Pierre d'Ortigue de Vaumorière.

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