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Cotton, Charles3
Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)3
Montaigne, Michel De (1533-1592)3
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)2
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)1
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682)1
Browne, Thomas1
Campeggi, Tommaso (1483-1564)1
Carew, Thomas (1595?-1639?)1
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The essays or counsels, civil & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban : with a table of the colours of good & evil : whereunto is added the wisdom of the ancients

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Gorges, Sir Arthur (1557?-1625)

1673

Pages 68, 239, 1st group of paging, p.119, last group, incorrectly numbered 86, 39, 129, respectively. "The wisdom of the ancients. Written in Latine by Sir Francis Bacon... . Done into English by S...

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Baconiana, or, Certain genuine remains of Sir Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, and Viscount of St. Albans : in arguments civil and moral, natural, medical, theological, and bibliographical, now for the first time faithfully published. An account of these remains, and of all his... other works, is given by the publisher, in a discourse by way of introduction

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Hove, Frederick Hendrick van (1628?-1698); Chiswell, Richard (1639-1711); Tenison, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury (1636-1715)

1679

First edition. Each part has its own title page. Engraved portrait of Bacon (signed by F.H. Van Hove) opposite title page. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: A discourse by way of ...

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Poems, songs, and sonnets, together with a masque

Carew, Thomas (1595?-1639?); Carew, Thomas (1595?-1639?); Lawes, Henry (1596-1662)

1671

Without the music. Added t.p. on p. [179]: Coelum britannicum : a masque at Whitehall... / Tho. Carew, Inigo Jones. [London] In the Savoy : Henry Herringman, 1670. Sig. D3 wrongly signed D4. Pag...

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Essays of Michael, Seigneur de Montaigne : in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors, and an account of the author's life (v.1)

Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592); Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

1685-1686

Title page of v. 2 reads: Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors / new rendred into English by Charles Cotton... (imprint dat...

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Essays of Michael, Seigneur de Montaigne : in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors, and an account of the author's life (v.2)

Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592); Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

1685-1686

Title page of v. 2 reads: Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors / new rendred into English by Charles Cotton... (imprint dat...

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Essays of Michael, Seigneur de Montaigne : in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors, and an account of the author's life (v.3)

Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592); Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)

1685-1686

Title page of v. 2 reads: Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, in three books : with marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors / new rendred into English by Charles Cotton... (imprint dat...

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Hydriotaphia, urne-buriall, or, A discourse of the sepulchrall urnes lately found in Norfolk : together with the Garden of Cyrus, or, The quincunciall, lozenge, or net-work plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considered : with sundry observations

Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682); Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682)

1658

First edition; but lacks the errata leaf. The garden of Cyrus has special t.p. A8 verso (p.[xvi]): engraved plate of four urns. The recto side is blank. G3 verso (P.[86]): engraved plate of the ...

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The history of the valorous and witty knight errant, Don Quixote, of the Mancha : Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Shelton, Thomas

1675

The second part has a separate titlepage with the imprint 'London, Printed by Richard Hodgkinson, 1672'. Foliation and signatures are continuous. Translated by Thomas Shelton who signs the dedicatio...

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