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Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21)2
Motteux, Peter Anthony2
Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)2
Rabelais, Francois (1490-1553?)2
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)2
Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611-1660)2
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On the victory at Ramelies. A pindaric

1706

Verse. Anon.

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Poems on several occasions

Warton, Thomas (1688?-1745); Warton, Joseph (1722-1800)

1748

Dedication (p. [iii]-iv) and Ode on the death of the author (p.226-228) by Joseph Warton. List of subscribers on p. [1]-[15] preceding main sequence. Page [16] preceding main sequence a blank.

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Fables and dialogues of the dead

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715); Ozell, John (1743)

1722

Translated by J. Ozell.

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Fasciculus florum : or, A nosegay of flowers, translated out of the gardens of severall poets, and other authors... [etc.]

Uthalmus, Lerimos; Willmer, Thomas

1636

The translator's dedication is signed Lerimos Uthalmus; he is sometimes identified with Thomas Willmer or Willmers. (anagram). First edition. p.229 misnumbered 228.

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Examen miscellaneum : Consisting of verse and prose : Of verse, by the most Honourable the Marquis of Normanby. The late Lord Rochester.... : With satires and fables, and translations from Anacreon. In prose, above an hundred original maxims and reflections...[etc]

Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21); Rochester, John Wilmot earl of (1647-1680); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)

1702

Edited by Charles Gildon?. Variant imprint: printed for Bernard Lintott. Pp.39-42 contain "An elegy on the death of Mr. Dryden, the first of May 1700". Text is followed by three pages of publish...

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The enjoyment

Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21)

1679

In verse. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Anon., by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. Another edition of this poem (Wing, 1st ed, R1742) is wrongly attributed to the Earl of Rochester.

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An examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on man

Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de (1663-1750); Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)

1739

Publisher's advertisement: p. [228].

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An account of the life and writings of John Locke, esq

Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736)

1714

Originally published in French, forming part of vol.6 of Le Clerc's Bibliothèque choisie, 1705. This translation was first published by Clarke alone in 1706 and 1713, entitled The life and characte...

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The whole works; or, The lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua & Pantagruel... With a large account of the life and works of the author: Particularly an explanation of the most difficult passages in them; never before publish'd in any language (v.1)

Rabelais, François (1490-1553?); Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611-1660); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1708

Cover title: Works of Rabelais. Vol. 2 has title: Pantagruel's voyage to the oracle of the bottle; being the fourth and fifth books of the works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. with The Pantagruelian Prog...

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The whole works; or, The lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua & Pantagruel... With a large account of the life and works of the author: Particularly an explanation of the most difficult passages in them; never before publish'd in any language (v.2)

Rabelais, François (1490-1553?); Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611-1660); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

1708

Cover title: Works of Rabelais. Vol. 2 has title: Pantagruel's voyage to the oracle of the bottle; being the fourth and fifth books of the works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. with The Pantagruelian Prog...

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Castara : Carmina non prius audita, musarum sacerdos virginibus

Habington, William (1605-1654)

1640

Sig: A-L12. 1st complete ed. Anon., by W. Habington. Castara, the Second Part (p. 69-165) has separate title page dated 1639. The Prose Essay, A Wife, begins on the verso of the title (p. 70), i...

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