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The Taming of the Shrew. I. i. 189 - I. ii. 50

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (212)

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Fifty sermons

Donne, John (1572-1631)

1649

Line border. Pages 165 & 212 misnumbered 166 & 312; pagination skips from 289-300.

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A present for the ladies : being an historical vindication of the female sex : to which is added, the character of an accomplish'd virgin, wife, and widow, in verse

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1692

Anon., by N. Tate. Other editions of this work have the author's name on t.p. "The character of an accomplish'd virgin, wife, and widow, in verse": [3], 22 p. at end. Advertisement: [4] p. at en...

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Le cose maravigliose et notabili della città di Venetia

Sansovino, Francesco (1521-1586); Doglioni, Giovanni Niccolò (1629)

1624?

Also published under titles: Le cose notabili, et maravigliose della citta di Venetia and Trattato, delle cose notabili, che sono in Venetia. Leonico Goldioni is an anagram for Giovanni Nicolò Dogl...

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The sincere convert : discovering the small number of true beleevers, and the great difficulty of saving conversion... Whereto is now added the Saints jewell, shewing how to apply the promises; and the Souls invitation unto Jesus Christ

Shepard, Thomas (1605-1649)

1655

"The saints jewell", p. [205]-227 has special t.-p with imprint: London, printed for John Sweeting, 1655. Advertising matter: p. [248].

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The use of passions

Senault, Jean François (1601-1672); Monmouth, Henry Carey Earl of (1596-1661)

1649

First edition. a1 is a blank leaf; b7 and b8 are signed A3 and A4; page numbers 430-431 are repeated. Engraved half-title (Johnson, "Engraved and etched English title-pages", Marshall, 112) and fr...

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Poems

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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Poems, viz : 1. A panegyrick to the king. 2. Songs and sonnets. 3. The blind lady, a comedy. 4. The fourth book of Virgil. 5. Statius his Achilleis, with annotations. 6. A panegyrick to Generall Monck

Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1660

Irregularities in pagination: p. 209, 212-213, 216-217 and 220-221 misnumbered 193, 196-197, 200-201 and 204-205 respectively; page numbers 208-223 repeat. Title vignette; decorative initials and he...

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Fifty comedies and tragedies

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1679

New edition. Portrait of Fletcher, by Marshall. Many errors in pagination. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 138 [Sig. T1] (130), 143 [Sig. T4] (135), 15 (13...

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