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Total number of records: 533

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Brotherton Collection533
English Literature533

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english poetry25
english drama22
songs, english8
ballads, english6
oratorios5
english literature4
epigrams, english4
operas4
satire, english4
women4

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Great Britain16
Rome8
Europe4
France3
Greece1
Italy1
Jamaica1

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)23
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)20
Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)15
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)15
Virgil15
Dryden, John14
Horace13
Dodsley, Robert12
Young, Edward (1683-1765)12
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)11

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Truth and falshood : A fable

Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

1734

Signatures: []1 (unsigned, t.p.) B-C2 (B1, C1-2, B2).

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An ode on the death of King William III

1702

Verse. Sig.B1 is correctly signed. Variant: sig.B1 signed 'A'. Title framed in heavy mourning border. Anon.

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The plain-dealer : a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Wycherley, William (1640-1716)

1709

Signatures: A-M⁴ (B1 incorrectly signed A; B2, recto, advertisements).

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Hermon Prince of Choræa: or, The extravagant zealot. A tragedy

Clancy, Michael (1700-1750)

1746

Signatures: A-K4 ([B1] missigned "B3") With an epilogue.

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A hymn to liberty

Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

1746

Attributed to Thomas Cooke by Foxon. In verse. Signatures: A1 B-D E1. Anon., by Thomas Cooke.

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A hymn to liberty

Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

1746

Attributed to Thomas Cooke by Foxon. In verse. Signatures: A1 B-D E1. Anon., by Thomas Cooke.

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The life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses : Together with the life of Hierocles, and his commentaries upon the verses

Dacier, André (1651-1722); Pythagoras (circa 580 BC-circa 500 BC); Hierocles, of Alexandria, fl 430; Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

1707

Signature: A⁸ a⁸ b² B-L⁸ 1 [el dagger]⁸ M-2C⁸. Between gatherings L and M is a gathering signed 1 [dagger], consisting of pp. 161-4, i-xi, and a blank page. M1 recto is p.165.

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The bachelor of Salamanca, or, Memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda (v.1)

Le Sage, Alain René (1668-1747); Lockman, John (1698-1771)

1737-1739

In vol. 1, B3, B4 signed D3, B5 in error.

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