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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)23
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Garrick, David (1717-1779)9
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Variety : A tale, for married people

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1776

Anon. by William Whitehead. Cf. NUC pre-1956. First edition. There are at least two states of this edition known to exist. Variant press figures; State A: 7-9 and 15-5; state B: 7-7 and 15-6. Cf. ...

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Paradice regain'd : or, The art of gardening. A poem

Zinzano, Nicholas; Laurence, John (1668-1732)

1728

Anon., ascribed to N. Zinzano by Foxon (Z. 2); Halkett & Laing state "by John Lawrence"; DNB states "doubtfully attributed to Laurence".

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The lives of illustrious men

Nepos, Cornelius

1684

Dedication signed Leopold William Finch. List of contributors' names on c6 verso. First edition.

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The anti-weesils : a poem : giving an account of some historical and argumental passages happening in the lyon's court

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1691

Anon. In vindication of William Sherlock, against the satire attributed to Thomas Brown entitled, The weesils. Collation: A-C4 D-E2. The text of the poem begins on A4 recto (p.[7]). Sig. B is pa...

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Honours academie. Or the famous pastorall, of the faire shepheardesse, Iulietta

Montreux, Nicolas de (1561-1610); Tofte, Robert (1620)

1610

First edition. Pp.35 [sign.E2],38 [E3],59 [H2],17 [Bb3],30 [Cc3],57[Ee5],94,95,92 [Ii2],97,114,116,122,181-189,191-194,195,198,199,200-203,204-5,206-7,208-12, 213-15,216,217-278,279,280-1,282,283,28...

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The universal passion. Satire I : To His Grace the Duke of Dorset

Young, Edward (1683-1765); Roberts, James (1754)

1725

First edition. Anonymous. By Edward Young. Press figure 4 on p. 11. (There is a variant with press figure 4 on pages 2 and 8.). With half-title. Signatures: [A]² B-E². Advertisement at the...

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Tancred and Sigismunda : A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theater-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants

Thomson, James (1700-1748)

1745

There are 2 states of this ed. In the first, line 1 on p.iv ends: by, and there is no price on the titlepage. In the variant, with a different setting of pp.[iii]-iv, line 1 on p.iv ends: ex-, and the...

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Sedition and defamation display'd: in a letter to the author of the Craftsman

Yonge, Sir William (1755); Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743)

1731

Anon., by Sir William Yonge; also ascribed to John, Lord Hervey.

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Sequel of a pamphlet intitled Observations on the writings of the Craftsman

Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743); Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743)

1730

Attributed to Baron John Hervey in NUC pre-1956.

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A letter to the person last mentioned in the Craftsman of the 22d of May

Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751)

1731

Addressed to Henry Viscount Bolingbroke. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

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