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Brotherton Collection43
English Literature18
Quaker Collection15
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
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Medieval Manuscripts1

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society of friends7
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repentance3
voyages and travels3
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christian ethics2
discoveries in geography2
english prose literature2
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D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)6
Dryden, John (1631-1700)5
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)5
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)4
Fell, Lydia3
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)3
Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)3
Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome, 86-1612
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Barker, Robert (1645)2

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The island-princess : as it is acted at the theatre royal

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1687

Revived and altered from the work by John Fletcher. Indexed in: Woodward & McManaway 1204.

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An account of the isle of Jersey : the greatest of those islands that are now the only remainder of the English dominions in France. With a new and accurate map of the island

Falle, Philip (1656-1742)

1694

Cancel title-leaf with original misprint 'Fronce' corrected inserted after pi 1 (half-title and imprimatur), with stub after pi 3; p.1 also a cancel with altered first paragraph beginning 'AN', B7 hav...

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An account of the isle of Jersey : the greatest of those islands that are now the only remainder of the English dominions in France. With a new and accurate map of the island

Falle, Philip (1656-1742)

1694

Cancel title-leaf with original misprint 'Fronce' corrected inserted after pi 1 (half-title and imprimatur), with stub after pi 3; p.1 also a cancel with altered first paragraph beginning 'AN', B7 hav...

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Poems upon several occasions; with A voyage to the island of love

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689); Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1684

First edition. Pp. 126-7 of "A voyage to the island of love" wrongly numbered 110-111.

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The tempest, or, The enchanted island : A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1690

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadw...

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The tempest, or, The enchanted island : A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1690

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadw...

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The tempest, or The enchanted island : A comedy as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)

1676 [1692?]

Preface signed (leaf A2 verso): John Driden. Numerous errors in paging. An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/...

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The Purple island : or, The isle of man : together with Piscatorie eclogs and other Poeticall miscellanies

Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650)

1633

Title in red and black with printer's device, within narrow border (verso blank); head and tail pieces. "The Piscatorie eclogs" and "Elisa" have special title pages. An elaborate allegorical poem ...

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Letter to Ralph Thoresby from Jabez Cay, Scaleby Castle, Carlisle, Cumberland

27 Jun 1694

Regarding the astroites from Holy Island

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The tempest : or, The enchanted island. A comedy. As it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1676

An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Th...

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The tempest, or, The enchanted island. A comedy, as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre [microform]

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1670

Altered by Dryden and Sir William D'Avenant. Preface signed: John Dryden. Indexed in: Wing Indexed in: Woodward & McManaway

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