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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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
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 ...
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.
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.
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. ...
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.
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.