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Paradise regain'd : A poem. In IV books. To which is added Samson Agonistes

Milton, John (1608-1674); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1671

Samson Agonistes (101 p.) has special t.p. Wing M2152.

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Stultifera Nauis

Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521); Locher, Jacob (1471-1528); Bergmann, Johann (1494-1499); Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Baron (1880-1946); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Riviere & Son

anno salutis n[ost]rae millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoseptimo kalendis Martiis. [1 March 1497]

Signatures: a-s⁸ t⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on t1v reads: Finis stultifere Nauis Finis Narragonicae nauis per Sebastianum Brant vulgari sermo[n]e theutonico quonda[m] fabricatae... In...

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The secretary in fashion, or, An elegant and compendious way of writing all manner of letters

La Serre M. de (1600-1665); N. N (fl. ca. 1770); Massinger, John

1654

"The translator to the reader" signed: J.M. [i.e. John Massinger]. Special t.p. on p. [235]: The complements and elegancy of the French tongve / by N.N. Newly corrected and revised. Added title pa...

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Parnassi puerperium : or, Some well-wishes to ingenuity : in the translation of six hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial De spectaculis, or Of rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most select, in Sir Tho. More. To which is annext a century of heroick epigrams

Pecke, Thomas (1637-)

1659

Signatures: A⁴, B-N⁸ (N7, advertisements; N8, has "Peck's Epigrams" printed vertically on recto). Page 9 incorrectly numbered 6. "Libellus de spectaculis... composed by ... M. Val. Martial", "...

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The works of Mr Abraham Cowley : Consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press. Now published out of the authors original copies

Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713)

1668

First edition. "The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem" each have special t.p. "An account of the life and writings of Abraham Cowley" signed: T. Sprat. Each part has sep...

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Epigrams of Martial, Englished : with some other pieces, ancient and modern

Martial; Killigrew, Henry (1613-1700)

1695

Frontispiece engraving of the "Satyric-Mirror". A verse in connection with it "On the frontispiece" on the t.p.

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Curia politiæ, or, The apologies of severall princes : justifying to the world their most eminent actions by the strength of reason and the most exact rules of policie

Scudéry M. de (1601-1667); Wolley, Edward

1654

Added t.p., engraved. Translated by Edward Wolley. Despite the jump in pagination the text is complete.

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