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Dryden, John2
Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Everingham, Robert2
Everingham, Robert (1700-)2
Tonson, Jacob2
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)2
Boursault, Edme1
Boursault, Edme (1638-1701)1
Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of (1628-1687)1
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The Muses farewel to popery & slavery, or A collection of miscellany poems, satyrs, songs, &c. made by the most eminent wits of the nation, as the shams, intreagues and plots of priests and Jesuits gave occasion

1690

Numerous errors in pagination: 122-123, 126-127 and 192 called 200-201, 204-205 and 92 respectively; 139 and 138 interchanged. Published in 1697 under the title: Poems on the affairs of state, The s...

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Hymen's praeludia, or Loves master-piece. : Being that so much admired romance, entituled Cleopatra, in twelve parts (v.1)

La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste seigneur de (1663); Loveday, Robert (fl. 1655); Coles, John (1623-)

1665

Parts 1-3 translated by Loveday; pt. 4-6 translated by John Coles. Title-page in red and black, within double line border. Pagination and signatures are continuous. There are no part-titles. The t...

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The annual miscellany: for the year 1694 : Being the fourth part of Miscellany poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Everingham, Robert (fl.1680-1700); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)

1694

Two pieces by Dryden ('The third book of Virgil's Georgicks' and 'To Sir Godfrey Kneller') appeared here for the first time. Pages 222, 223, 238, 239 misnumbered 122, 123, 138, 139. Y4v-Z1v: Table...

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The rehearsal : as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal

Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of (1628-1687); Clifford, Martin (1677); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713)

1747

By the Duke of Buckingham, assisted by Martin Clifford, Thomas Sprat, and others - see DNB and Cambridge Hist. of Engl. Lit., vol. 8, p. 28-9.

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The annual miscellany: for the year 1694 : Being the fourth part of Miscellany poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Everingham, Robert (fl.1680-1700); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)

1694

Two pieces by Dryden ('The third book of Virgil's Georgicks' and 'To Sir Godfrey Kneller') appeared here for the first time. Pages 222, 223, 238, 239 misnumbered 122, 123, 138, 139. Y4v-Z1v: Table...

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The dramatic works of Thomas Shadwell, esq

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Shadwell, Sir John (1671-1747)

1720

General title appears in v. 1 only (as added t.-p.) Each vol. and each play has special t.-p. Dedication signed by his son, John Shadwell.

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Esop : a comedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane

Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726); Boursault, Edme (1638-1701)

1735

Anon., by J. Vanbrugh. Page 62-63 and 66-67 wrongly numbered 63-62 and 67-66 respectively. First published anonymously 1697, under title: Aesop.

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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...

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