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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.1)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.2)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.3)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.4)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.5)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The revenge : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's servants

Young, Edward (1683-1765)

1735

A variation of the theme of Othello and Mrs. Behn's Abdelazer. Title vignette; head and tailpieces; initials. Page 12 misnumbered 24.

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The hind and the panther : A poem, in three parts

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1687

Signatures: A-S4 T4 [chi]1. Page 137, lines 11-12 read "Or forc'd by fear, or by his Profit led... [etc.]". P.29 wrongly numbered 39, 130-131 numbered 131, 130 and 134-5 numbered 135, 134. Signa...

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Canidia, or, The witches : a rhapsody, in five parts

Dixon, Robert (1688)

1683

Errors in paging. Errata: p. [1] at end. First edition. Parts 2-5 each have special t.p. and separate paging; signatures are continuous. Sig. R consisits of two leaves only. Catchwords on le...

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The Foundling hospital for wit : Intended for the reception and preservation of such brats of wit and humour, whose parents chuse to drop them. Containing all the satires, odes, ballads, epigrams, &c. that have been wrote since the change of the ministry, many of which have never before been printed

Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1743-49

No more published. First edition. Title-pages vary: those for nos.2-5 give a contents list and add: by Timothy Silence, Esq. [pseud. i.e. C. Hanbury Williams]. Folding plate "The female voluntee...

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Advices from Parnassus. : By Trajano Boccalini. Translated from the Italian. With observations, reflections, and notes. By a friend to Menante

Boccalini, Traiano (1556-1613)

1727

Published in four numbers with separate titlepages between March and June 1727; nos.2 and 3 were printed for J. Roberts, and no.4 "for the editor". The fourth part is translated by [Matthias?] Earbe...

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The hind and the panther : A poem in three parts

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1687

First edition. The last leaf is found in several states. See Macdonald's bibliography of Dryden, no. 24a. Page 137, lines 11-12 read "Or forc'd by fear, or by ambition led... [etc.]". Publisher'...

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