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Coin

Denomination: follis

Date(s): 319-320

Issuer/creator: Licinius I (310-24)

Place: Sisak

Material: copper alloy


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An expostulation with the bishops in England, concerning their jurisdiction over the people of God, called Quakers; with a few wholesome words of exhortation and advice tending to unite them and us in one true spiritual worship

Whitehead, John (1630-1696); Mason, Martin (1650-1676)

[1662]

The text is signed (p.6): 'The 5th. of the 7th. month 1662... John Whitehead. Martin Mason.'. This issue has title 'An Expostulation'.

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An expostulation with the bishops in England, concerning their jurisdiction over the people of God, called Quakers; with a few wholesome words of exhortation and advice tending to unite them and us in one true spiritual worship

Whitehead, John (1630-1696); Mason, Martin (1650-1676)

[1662]

The text is signed (p.6): 'The 5th. of the 7th. month 1662... John Whitehead. Martin Mason.'. This issue has title 'AN EXPOSTULATION'.

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Cest le liure des fays des Romains conpille en[sem]ble de la [...]uste et de suetoyne et du lucain [...]

[1440-1460]

The outer columns of text on ff. 6-10 are lacking. Columns are numbered with modern pencil throughout, 1-975. Decoration: 6-line incipit initial 'A' in red and green, decorated with red pen-orname...

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Ad populum, or, A lecture to the people

Hausted, Peter (1645); Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); Taylor, John (1580-1653)

1644

A verse satire on the state of the realm. The poem has been erroneously attributed to Abraham Cowley and John Taylor, the "water-poet"; another issue of 1644, Madan 1636* "signs" the poem P.H. on p....

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Theatrum triumphans, or, A discourse of plays : shewing the lawfulness and excellent use of drammatique poesy, and vindicateing the stage from all those groundless calumnies and misrepresentations, wherewith it is aspersed

Baker, Sir Richard (1568-1645)

1670

Reissue of: Theatrum redivivum, or, The theatre vindicated. London : Printed by T.R. for F. Eglesfield, 1662, written in reply to William Prynne's "Histrio-mastix". Running title: The theatre vindic...

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The mistresse, or Seuerall copies of love-verses. Written by Mr A. Cowley

Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667)

anno Dom. 1647

In verse. A different edition than the one with "& are to be sold" in imprint. In this edition the second line of text on A2r ends "writ-". Mistresse. Seuerall copies of love-verses. Severall ...

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Poems breathed forth by the nobel Hadassas, and The unfortunate Florinda, by Lady Hesther Pulter

Pulter, Lady Hester (1605-1678); Madan, Judith (1702-1781)

1645?-1665

Lady Hesther Pulter was the sixth daughter of James Ley, 1st earl of Marlborough. F.1r bears a note of the author being aged 71 in 1667 and dying March or April 1678 aged 82. Bound in reversed calf,...

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Key Texts Box 01

1968 -2004

Key texts from the Women's Liberation Movement. (pamphlets and papers; selected by FAN trustees in 2022) 1968 Notes from the first year June 1968 New York 1968 Draft Manifesto for Socialist Women...

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Aurelij Augustini Prima Quinquagena

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Amerbach, Johannes (1430-1513); Eccleston, John (1516); Fauconberg, Viscounts; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]n. M.cccc.xcvii [1497]

Signatures: a-d⁸ e-m in alternate 8s and 6s n⁶ o¹⁰ A-F in alternate 8s and 6s G⁸ H-P in alternate 8s and 6s Q-R⁸ S-U⁶ aa-qq in alternate 8s and 6s rr-tt⁸ Aa-Bb in alternate 8s and 6s Cc...

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