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Brotherton Collection17
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christian literature1
epistolary fiction, english1
fables, french1
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius2
Allibond, John (1597-1658)1
Aristaenetus1
Bentivoglio, Guido Cardinal (1579-1644)1
Bond, William1
Bond, William (1735)1
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)1
Bussy, Roger De Rabutin Comte De (1618-1693)1
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, 1643-16901
Cheek, Thomas1

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The odes and satires of Horace

Horace; Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Rochester, Laurence Hyde Earl of; Horace

1715

Numbering of pages 126-127 and 161-176 repeated, and pages 143-160 omitted in pagination; text continuous. A piracy of Tonson's edition of the same year.

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Bentivolio and Urania : in six books

Ingelo, Nathaniel (1621?-1683)

1669

Books 5-6 have special title page: Bentivolio and Urania, the second part in two books...London, 1669.

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Letters of wit, politicks and morality

Guevara, Antonio de; Aristaenetus; Bentivoglio, Guido cardinal (1579-1644); Bussy, Roger de Rabutin comte de (1618-1693); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Cheek, Thomas; Savage, John (1673-1747); Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)

1701

Paging irregular: pp. 157-176 omitted and pp. 337-347 misnumbered 327-437. Sig. D6 (fly-title to "Six select epistles out of Aristaenetus") not included in pagination. "Epistle dedicatory" signed: A...

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Tully's offices : In three books

Cicero, Marcus Tullius; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)

1681

With engraved additional title page as frontispiece. With one-page booklist at end.

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The heroyk life and deplorable death of the most Christian King Henry the fourth

Matthieu, Pierre (1563-1621); Grimeston, Edward

1612

Part-title of second part reads: A panegyre: containing the life and heroyck deeds of the most Christian King Henry the fourth. The third part has separate title-page, reading: "The tropheis of the ...

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The critick : Written originally in Spanish

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658); Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700)

1681

Sig.Q is duplicated; and sig.P is omitted (the pagination is incorrect, O8 being paged 207-8 and Q1 paged 211-12).

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The epistles of Clio and Strephon : being a collection of letters that passed between an English lady, and an English gentleman in France who took an affection to each other, by reading one another's occasional compositions, both in prose and verse

Fowke, Martha; Porter, John (fl. 1729); Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595); Bond, William (1735)

1729

Attributed to Martha Fowke and William Bond in Day cited below. Signatures: A-H12 I⁶. With booklist of J. Hooke, [4] p. at end. "A critical essay, containing some remarks upon the nature of ep...

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Court-tales: or, A history of the amours of the present nobility : To which is prefixed, a compleat key

Oldmixon, John (1673-1742); Crull, J (1713); Walsh, William (1663-1708)

1720

Attributed by NUC both to Jodocus Crull and to John Oldmixon, being a version of the latter's "Court of Atlantis", 1714. "Aesculapius" by William Walsh on pp.153-178 [i.e.162], with pp.161-176 and r...

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England's reformation : (from the time of K. Henry VIII. to the end of Oates's plot.) : A poem in four cantos. Adorn'd with copper plates (v.1-2)

Ward, Thomas (1652-1708)

1747

Signatures: vol. 1: A² B-Y⁸; vol. 2: [A]² B-O⁸. In vol.2 pp.161-176 and their sigs. are printed in the wrong order. Vol. 1: [4], 336 p., [8] leaves of plates; vol. 2: [4], 207, [1] p., [6] l...

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Fables and tales from La Fontaine : in French and English : now first translated : to which is prefix'd, the author's life

La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695)

1734

French verse and English prose on facing pages. Possibly printed by William Bowyer. See ESTC. Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁴ B-T⁸ U⁴. Sig.c2 signed b2. Sig.K3 signed K4, in error. Error in paging...

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