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The Islanders

Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)

1780-1781

Contains sketches and scores of 19 songs from 'The Islanders' (1780) and its abridged version 'The Marriage Act' (1881). All in Dibdin's autograph, except for the song 'Before your Europe…', which i...

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To Friends of the island of Tortola

Fothergill, Samuel (1715-1772)

1760

Caption title. Signed (p.3): Samuel Fothergill. Warrington, the 17th of the third month, 1760.

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The history of the island of Minorca

Armstrong, John (1758)

1756

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The history of the island of Minorca

Armstrong, John (1758)

1752

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An account of the islands of Orkney

Wallace, James (1688); Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722); Wallace, James (fl. 1684-1724)

1700

Originally written by James Wallace of Kirkwall and published by his son, James Wallace M.D., F.R.S., and republished as his own in the above edition of 1700, with omissions, additions and altered tit...

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The islands of Jersey, Guernsey &c

Kitchin, Thomas (1718-1784); Jefferys, Thomas (1771)

[1751?]

Sheet 50 extracted from the "Small English atlas" by T. Kitchin and T. Jefferys.

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A code of laws for the island of Jersey

Jersey (Channel Islands)

1771

A code proposed by the States and given the Royal Assent on 28th March 1771.

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A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

1785

By Samuel Johnson. Advertisement on p. [4] at beginning.

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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy
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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1735

Extracted from v. 2 of the 1735 edition of The dramatick works of John Dryden. Signatures: I-M12 (I1 frontispiece). Title in red and black.

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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)

1701

Signatures: A-H⁴, I. An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some a...

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The island-princess : as it is acted at the theatre royal

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1687

Revived and altered from the work by John Fletcher. Indexed in: Woodward & McManaway 1204.

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