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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 23 |
| Foote, Samuel (1720-1777) | 11 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 9 |
| Garrick, David (1717-1779) | 9 |
| Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) | 9 |
| Handel, George Frideric | 8 |
| Farquhar, George (1678-1707) | 6 |
| Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) | 6 |
| Carey, Henry (1687?-1743) | 5 |
| Fletcher, John (1579-1625) | 5 |
A present for the ladies : being an historical vindication of the female sex : to which is added, the character of an accomplish'd virgin, wife, and widow, in verse
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)
1692
Anon., by N. Tate. Other editions of this work have the author's name on t.p. "The character of an accomplish'd virgin, wife, and widow, in verse": [3], 22 p. at end. Advertisement: [4] p. at en...
The Tvvo most vvorthy and Notable Histories which remaine vnmained to Posterity : (viz:) The Conspiracie of Cateline, vndertaken against the gouernment of the Senate of Rome, And The VVarre which Iugurth for many yeares maintained against the same State
Sallust (86 B.C.-34 B.C); Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641)
1608
Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned, [paragraph]-[paragraph paragraph]⁴, 1 leaf unsigned, B-G⁴, H⁶; Aa-Oo⁴, Pp³; Ee3, Ff3 incorrectly signed E3, F3, respectively). Pages 2-7, 24, 1st group of pag...
The female reign : an ode, alluding to Horace, B.4. Od. 14.... Occasion'd by the wonderful successes of the arms of Her Majesty and her allies. With a letter to a gentleman in the University
Cobb, Samuel (1675-1713); Loughborough, Henry Hastings Baron (1610-1667); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
Signatures:A⁸, D⁴. Includes: The czar. A poem. Inscribed to Sir John Norris, upon his return from the Baltick by Mr Hastings (p. [3], 18-22). With separate half-title page.
Cornelianum dolium : Comoedia lepidissima, optimorum judiciis approbata, & theatrali coryphoeo, nec immerito, donata, palmi chorali apprime digna
Randolph, Thomas (1605-1635); Riley, Thomas (fl. 1638); Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
1638
Added illustrated title page, engraved by William Marshall preceding printed one. Probably drafted by Thomas Randolph and completed by Richard Brathwaite; also attributed Thomas Riley. cf. Brit.Mus....
The ultimum vale, or, last farewell of Thomas Earle of Strafford. Written by himselfe a little before his death
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth Earl of (1593-1641)
printed, 1641
Verse - "Farewell vain world, farewell my fleeting joyes,". Identified as Wing (2nd ed.) V22 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 2124.1. Not in fact by Thomas Earle of Stra...
The projector's looking-glass : being the last dying words and confession of Sir Robert Marral, &c. &c. : in an epistle to his associates, (wherein he makes a confession of some notorious crimes, whereof he has long been suspected)
1733
A satire, in verse, on Robert Walpole. At the foot of the title-page is the note "The picture may be had of Mr. Aldam" - which probably refers to "The picture of pictures" [a woodcut, with verses dire...
The maid's tragedy altered : with some other pieces
Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)
1690
First authorised edition. The maid's tragedy altered is only a fragment, probably intended by Waller to form a new act V for Beaumont and Fletcher's tragedy, with some additions (cf. Greg, 357). "...
Absalom and Achitophel : a poem
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1708
p.22 printed in double columns. By John Dryden.
The state of innocence, and fall of man : an opera
Dryden, John (1631-1700); Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692)
[1677]
First edition. An adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost. The final page is blank. "To Mr. Dryden, on his poem of Paradice" signed Nat. Lee, p. [9-10]. "The authors apology for heroique poetry; ...
Letters concerning the English nation
Voltaire (1694-1778); Lockman, John (1698-1771)
MDCCXLI [1741]
Translation, by John Lockman, of Lettres philosophiques. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Published first in English in 1733, and in France a year later under the title "Lettres philosophiques." The hypothesis (BN...
The use of passions
Senault, Jean-François (1601-1672); Monmouth, Henry Carey Earl of (1596-1661)
1671
Signatures: a8 b-c8 B-2K8. A page-for-page reprint of the first edition. Pages 22, 142, and 143 misnumbered 20, 143, and 142; numbers 431-432 repeated in pagination. Title within double-ruled bo...
Daphnis and Amaryllis
Harris, James (1709-1780); Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
[1779]
Originally published in 1762 under title: The spring. Caption title. Two columns to a page. Includes untitled songs composed by Handel and others cf. Nicoll (v.3., p266).