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Woman's wit, or, The lady in fashion : a comedy
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
1697
Publisher's advertisement below imprint on title-page. "Acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants." Wing C 4283.
The works of Virgil : containing his pastorals, Georgics and Ænis
Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1697
Indexed in: Wing V616?; Macdonald 33a.
Seasonable reproof : a satire, in the manner of Horace... : to be continued occasionally as a poetical pillory, to execute justice upon such vices and follies, as are either above the reach or without the verge of the laws
Miller, James (1706-1744); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Savage, Richard (1743)
1735
Signatures: [A]² B-H². Attributed to James Miller by Cushing and Foxon, to Richard Savage in the Wrenn Catalog, and also erroneously ascribed to Alexander Pope. Extracts from the Satirae, Book 1...
Poems, on various subjects and occasions
Robertson, Alexander (1670?-1749)
[1750?]
"Usually dated 1751, but a copy at L (now missing) had ms. date 1752"--Foxon.
The history of the world : the second part, in six books: being a continuation of the famous History of Sir Walter Raleigh, knight: beginning where he left; viz. at the end of the Macedonian kingdom, and deduced to these later-times; that is, from the year of the world 3806, or 160 years before Christ, till the end of the year 1640. after Christ
Ross, Alexander (1591-1654); Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552?-1618)
1652
Numerous errors in paging: including the omission of nos. 179-180 and 193-220, the repetition of nos. 158-159, 397-400, and 545-556. "A brief chronology of the principal passages faln out in the wor...
Honours academie. Or the famous pastorall, of the faire shepheardesse, Iulietta
Montreux, Nicolas de (1561-1610); Tofte, Robert (1620)
1610
First edition. Pp.35 [sign.E2],38 [E3],59 [H2],17 [Bb3],30 [Cc3],57[Ee5],94,95,92 [Ii2],97,114,116,122,181-189,191-194,195,198,199,200-203,204-5,206-7,208-12, 213-15,216,217-278,279,280-1,282,283,28...
The rules of civility; or, The maxims of genteel behaviour : as they are practis'd and observ'd by persons of quality, upon several occasions
Courtin, Antoine de (1622-1685)
1703
Anon., by Antoine de Courtin. "A short treatise of the point of honour" is a translation from Courtin's "Suite de la civilité fran{250}coise", chap. 6, 1675. Signatures: A6, B-M12, N6 (final leaf...
Academia, or, The humours of the University of Oxford : in burlesque verse
D'Anvers, Alicia
1691
First ed. Cf. BM. First (sole 17th-century) edition. Preceded by verse invocation "To the university". Advertisements: p. [1] at end.
Carolina: or, Loyal poems
Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680); Flatman, Thomas (1637-1688)
1683
Pages 158-159 misnumbered 156-157; page numbers 223 and 224 repeat. Title within double line border. 'To the reader' signed: Tho. Flatman. Includes 'Prologue to Henry the third of France, at the...
Hudibras
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680)
1674
A2 of the signatures is lined up under the words "for" and "punk" of the last line of p. 1. By Samuel Butler. Signatures: A-Z8 Aa-Cc8. Part 2 has a separate title page, but signatures and pagina...
Poems, viz : 1. A panegyrick to the king. 2. Songs and sonnets. 3. The blind lady, a comedy. 4. The fourth book of Virgil. 5. Statius his Achilleis, with annotations. 6. A panegyrick to Generall Monck
Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1660
Irregularities in pagination: p. 209, 212-213, 216-217 and 220-221 misnumbered 193, 196-197, 200-201 and 204-205 respectively; page numbers 208-223 repeat. Title vignette; decorative initials and he...
The history of the Knights of Malta (v.2)
Vertot abbé de (1655-1735)
1728
A section with heading: "Proofs of the history of the Knights Hospitallers of S. John of Jerusalem" begins, with a new pagination after p.487 of vol.1, and is continued, with its own pagination, after...