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Arbuthnot, John1
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)1
Aristaenetus1
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Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)1
Bentivoglio, Guido Cardinal (1579-1644)1
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)1
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Bussy, Roger De Rabutin Comte De (1618-1693)1
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Letters of wit, politicks and morality

Guevara, Antonio de; Aristaenetus; Bentivoglio, Guido cardinal (1579-1644); Bussy, Roger de Rabutin comte de (1618-1693); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Cheek, Thomas; Savage, John (1673-1747); Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)

1701

Paging irregular: pp. 157-176 omitted and pp. 337-347 misnumbered 327-437. Sig. D6 (fly-title to "Six select epistles out of Aristaenetus") not included in pagination. "Epistle dedicatory" signed: A...

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A collection of miscellany poems, letters, &c

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1699

First edition of this year. Title within double line border. Cf. Bibliographical Society, London. Supplement to... Transactions. 1925. no. 4, p. 156-157. Signatures as in Case, i.e. no sheet I (...

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An ingenious contention, by way of letter, between Mr. Wanly, a son of the Church; & Dr. Wild, a nonconformist

Wanley, Nathaniel (1634-1680); Wild, Robert (1609-1679)

printed in the year, 1668

Verse - "SO the bright Taper useless burns"; preceded by "Mr. Nathan Wanley to Dr. Wild, was laid aside for Nonconformity." Printed in four columns. Drophead title and colophon.

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Dean Swift's literary correspondence, for twenty-four years, from 1714 to 1738

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)

1741

At foot of title: "Price 4s. sewed, 5s. bound." Device on t.p. Drop-head title p. [229]: A philosophico-critical history of the deluge. Includes letters from Gay, Pope, Atterbury and Arbuthnot. ...

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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...

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