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Brotherton Collection6
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courtship1
etiquette1
folly1
masques with music1

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Crown, John (1640?-1712)1
D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)1
Dorset, Charles Sackville Earl of (1638?-1706)1
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)1
Massinger, Philip (1583-1640)1
Milton, John (1608-1674)1
Racine, Jean1
Racine, Jean (1639-1699)1
Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701)1
Smith, Edmund (1672-1710)1

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The new academy of complements : erected for ladies, gentlewomen, courtiers, gentlemen, scholars, soldiers, citizens, countrymen, and all persons of what degree soever, of both sexes : stored with variety of courtly and civil complements, eloquent letters of love and friendship: with an exact collection of the newest and choicest songs alamode, both amorous and jovial

Dorset, Charles Sackville Earl of (1638?-1706); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701)

1713

Wih engraved frontispiece title, not countedin signatures, facing printed title page. Booklist of J. Churchill, [1] p. at end. Compiled by Charles Sackville, then Lord Buckhurst, afterwards earl o...

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Moriæ encomium, or, The praise of folly

Erasmus, Desiderius (1536); Wilson, John (1626-1696)

1668

Page opposite first numbered page is William Leak's advertising. Pages 42-3 misnumbered 40-1; p. 46-7 misnumbered 44-5.

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Phædra and Hippolitus : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market, by Her Majesty's sworn servants

Smith, Edmund (1672-1710); Racine, Jean (1639-1699)

[1707]

An adaptation of Racine's Phèdre. First edition.

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Calisto: or, The chaste nimph : the late masque at court, as it was frequently presented there by several persons of great quality : with the prologue, and the songs betwixt the acts

Crown, John (1640?-1712); Staggins, Nicholas (1650?-1700)

1675

Libretto only. Without the music composed by Nicholas Staggins; cf. Grove's 5th ed. Error in paging: p. 56-79 numbered 58-81. Pagination jumps from p. 40-49 and from 55-58. Signatures: A⁴a-b...

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