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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)23
Hills, Henry19
Hills, Henry (1713)19
Dryden, John (1631-1700)13
Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)11
Garrick, David (1717-1779)9
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)9
Shippen, William (1673-1743)9
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Parrhasiana: or, Thoughts upon several subjects; as, criticism, history, morality, and politics. By Monsieur Le Clerk, under the feigned name of Theodorus Parrhasi. Done into English by ****

Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736)

1700

P.195 misnumbered 159. Chapter 10 is "Of Mr. Le Clerc's works", and concludes the book. Pages 281-288 repeated in pagination.

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The pleasures of imagination. A poem. In three books

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770); Boitard, Louis Philippe

1744

Title in red and black; head and tailpieces. Title vignette engraved by L.P. Boitard. First issue with note on p.9, and p.20 misnumbered 22. Both sides of the last leaf are occupied by an announ...

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The pleasures of imagination. A poem. In three books

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770); Boitard, Louis Philippe

1744

Title in red and black; head and tailpieces. Title vignette engraved by L.P. Boitard. New issue, without note on p.9, and p.20 correctly numbered. Both sides of the last leaf are occupied by an ...

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A tale of a tub. : Written for the universal improvement of mankind... To which is added An account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James' Library

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Nutt, John (active 1690?-1711?)

1704

First edition. P.320, lines 9-10 "for the furor [blank] persons". (A variant has: "for the furor uterinus. Persons") - ESTC. Also included here, and in most other 18th century editions, is a third...

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Faction display'd. : A poem : From a correct copy

Shippen, William (1673-1743)

printed in the year 1704

Anonymous. By William Shippen. - Sometimes also attributed to Daniel Defoe. In this edition there is a note at the foot of the titlepage: "A counterfeited edition is lately published, it may be disc...

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The duel of the stags : a poem

Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands'. A piracy. One of three variants: In this edition p.9, last line '.. bread'. --cf Foxon. In this variant, sig....

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Wit and loyalty reviv'd : in a collection of some smart satyrs in verse and prose on the late times

Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); Birkenhead, Sir John (1616-1679); Butler, Samuel (1612-1680)

1682

The words "Mr. Abraham... Hudibras, &c." are bracketed together on title page. "The Puritan and papist. A satyr, by Mr. Abraham Cowley" and "The assembly-man; written by Sir John Birkenhead; in the ...

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The art of poetry, written in French

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); Soames, Sir William; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1710

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. A piracy? Mentioned by Macdonald (p.37) as a late edition, but without comment.

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The hind and the panther : transvers'd to the story of the country-mouse and the city-mouse

Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715); Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

A piracy? Not in Macdonald. Anonymous. By Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, and Matthew Prior. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', 1717.

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Moderation display'd : a poem

Shippen, William (1673-1743); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

The author of Faction display'd = William Shippen; this work is only doubtfully attributed to him. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. ...

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Eleonora : a panegyrical poem, dedicated to the memory of the late Countess of Abingdon

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

Dedication signed: John Dryden. A piracy?. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717.

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The wife, a poem. Express'd in a compleat wife : With an elegy on the untimely death of the author, poyson'd in the tower, &c

Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

Signatures: A⁸. First published in 1614 as 'A wife, now a widowe'. Also issued as part of 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', 1717.--cf. Foxon.

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