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Title: A poem

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Criticism of those who wanted William III to be king. When things go badly

it is they who should take the blame, not he.

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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)

1653

Dedication signed L. B. [Laurence Blaiklock]. Commendatory poems by Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick and others. Almost all the poems are unsigned, and include work by Beaumont, Cleveland, Randolph, Don...

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Carew, Thomas (1595?-1639?); Carew, Thomas (1595?-1639?)

1640

First edition. Signatures: [A] B-R S⁴. Leaf G7 uncancelled. Faulty inking of type affecting printing of some letters of title. Short leaf following title leaf with errata on recto and imprim...

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Cleveland, John (1613-1658)

1665

Seventeenth edition - NUC pre-1956 imprints. Verse and prose. Contents: Poems (p. 1-179) -- The character of a London-diurnal (p. 180-190) -- The character of a country committee-man (p. 190-197) ...

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Corbet, Richard Bishop of Norwich (1582-1635)

1672

In fact the second English edition, a reissue of the edition of 1647, with title, "Certain elegant poems", containing 36 of the original 38 poems. The statement on the title page that this is the thir...

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Donne, John (1572-1631)

1654

A reisue of the edition of 1650, with cancel title page.

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Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

1608

Title within ornamental woodcut border. Signatures: A⁴ B-2H 2I. Printed by Henry Ballard - STC.

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Gomersall, Robert (1602-1646?)

1633

Contains, besides minor poems, the second edition of the author's "Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza, duke of Millan" and the "Levites' revenge", each with special engraved emblematic frontispiece (A.F. Joh...

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Hall, John (1627-1656)

1646

Pages 71-104 are preceded by special t.-p.: The second booke of divine poems. By J. H.... London, Printed by E. G. for J. Rothwell, 1647. Frontispiece portrait of the author aged 19, 1646.

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Philips, Katherine (1631-1664)

1664

Collation A-Q8 R4. At foot of p. 236 (Q6 verso) is the word "Finis". Q7is an errata leaf, unpaged, with blank verso; Q8 is blank. R1-3, paged 237-242, continue the text of the Poems; R4 is blank. By...

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Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

[1619]

Additional part-titles all dated 1619, and with correct form of publisher's name. Page 321 misnumbered 319.

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Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678)

1652

Includes also many translations of various authors, assumedly done by Stanley, many with special t.p.s. A blank leaf, not included in the pagination, follows p. 164; and another blank leaf follows p...

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