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Title: A kind of translation
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167-?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Meditation on the state of nature and humanity, questioning the determining roles of the gods; translation of the opening of Claudian, 'In rufinum', I; with some revisions or corrections
Poems, and translations
Oldham, John (1653-1683)
1683
First edition. Sig. I5 is a cancel; it was printed as A4 (Brooks notes a copy in which it still forms the last leaf of sheet A). P.95 is wrongly numbered 85. By John Oldham.
Poems and translations
Oldham, John (1653-1683)
1684
Issued in: The works of Mr. John Oldham... London: J. Hindmarsh, 1684. Second edition. A1 blank. By John Oldham.
Translations of deeds of gift
[16th century]
Translations into English of two deeds of gift [MD335/1/1/9/1-2] Translation of deed of gift whereby Robert of Hyda granted all his lands in Denton and common of pasture in Halton to his son, Alexand...
Title: Translated out of Spanish
Author: Waller, Edmund
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 36
Contents: Telling a young woman that those she admits as lovers may trouble her more
than suitors entreating her for favours
Translation copy of inquisition
19th Sept 1589
Translation of an inquisition taken on the death of Alexander Melham late of Cadeby in the county of York.
Title: Dryden's Translation of Theocritus
Attribution: Dryden
Date(s): 1685 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from Dryden's 'Daphnis and Chloris', translated from Theocritus, in which Chloris vows to preserve her virginity. Printed in 'Sylvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies' [edited by Dryden]
Poems and translations : with The Sophy
Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Virgil
1668
"The destruction of Troy" and "The Sophy" have special title-pages dated 1667, "Printed by J.M."; the latter has also separate pagination. Sig. F2-F4 are cancels; Sig. Dd1 signed D; p. 17 wrongly nu...
An essay on translated verse
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)
1684
First edition. With preliminary verses by John Dryden. In verse. Commendatory verses by Dryden and others. Indexed in: Reference: Wing (2nd ed.) R1930.
Poems and translations : with the Sophy
Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Virgil
1671
"The destruction of Troy, an essay upon the second book of Virgil's Æneis" has a separate dated title page; "The Sophy" has a separate dated title page, separate pagination and register beginning wit...
Poems and translations, with The sophy
Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Virgil; Denham, Sir John (1615-1669)
1684
In verse. Printer's name from Greg. "The destruction of Troy· An essay upon the second book of Virgil's Æneis", originally published in 1656, has separate dated title page; pagination and regist...