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Brotherton Collection14
English Literature14

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maxims4
courts and courtiers2

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Gracian Y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658)7
Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)6
Amelot De La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas2
Amelot De La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706)2
Savage, John2
Savage, John (1673-1747)2
Shakespeare, William2
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)2
Courbeville, Joseph De1
Courbeville, Joseph De (1668-1715)1

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The courtiers manual oracle : or, The art of prudence

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658)

1685

First Edition. Two advertisement leaves at end.

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The critick : Written originally in Spanish

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658); Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700)

1681

Sig.Q is duplicated; and sig.P is omitted (the pagination is incorrect, O8 being paged 207-8 and Q1 paged 211-12).

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Poems upon several occasions

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)

1712

First Edition. Includes the altered text of The British enchanters, with separate title-page dated 1710. The author's name is given in the bookseller's foreword.

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Poems

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

1768

"The second issue of the 'Poems' of which only 750 copies were printed..." Cf. W.F. Prideaux, Notes and Queries, 10th series, Apr. 28, 1906, p. 321-322. First Edition. Half-title: Gray's poems. ...

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Three plays, viz : the she-gallants, a comedy. Heroick love, a tragedy. And the Jew of Venice, a comedy

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1713

Each play has special t.-p. dated 1713.

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The art of prudence, or, A companion for a man of sense

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658); Savage, John (1673-1747); Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706)

1702

First edition of this translation.

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The art of prudence; or, A companion for a man of sense

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658); Savage, John (1673-1747); Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706)

1705

Apparently a re-issue of the 1702 edition, with a fresh title page.

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The courtier's oracle, or, The art of prudence

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658)

1694

Second Edition.

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The hero

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658); Courbeville, Joseph de (1668-1715); Gentleman of Oxford

1726

First edition.

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The British enchanters : or, No magick like love. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Queen's theatre in the Hay-market. By Her Majesty's sworn servants

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)

1706

First edition. "This is a pleasing piece by Granville--it is called a tragedy but it is rather an opera in the old sense of that word."--Genest, v. 2, p. 350. Without the music (by Lansdowne?).

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Heroick love : a tragedy : as it is acted at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)

1698

Advertisements: [3] p. at end.

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The Jew of Venice : a comedy

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1701

"As it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's servants."

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