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Décadent : revue littéraire bi-mensuelle (2e série, no.1 (décembr)

Baju, Anatole

1887-1889

No 33-35 entitled: La France littéraire. Nouv. sér. No 1-32 also called 2. sér.

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Title: Dryden, Country Life from Hor[ace]

Date(s): 1685 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: Part of Dryden's translation of Epode 11 from Horace, in praise of quiet country life. Lines 32-35 and 58-102 are omitted, and lines 6-9 are placed at the end

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The history of the Sabbath : In two bookes

Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)

1636

Each book has also special t.p. (book 2 with imprint: London, Printed by T. Harper for H. Seyle). Numbers 32-35, 193-208 of 2d group omitted in pagination.

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Bonduca : a tragedy altered from Beaumont & Fletcher

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Rimbault, Edward F (1816-1876)

[1842]

Full score with figured bass. Text of "The tragedy of Bonduca" (most probably by Fletcher alone): p. [19]-35 (1st set of paging).

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Confirmation of feoffment

5 Nov ?1584

1. Henry Lister of Gargrave in Craven, gentleman 2. John Lambart of Calton in Craven, esquire Property: messuage with croft and selion of land called 'the olde Hekstead' and common of pasture in t...

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Aureng-Zebe : a tragedy. Acted at the Royal Theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1676

Errors in paging: p. 34, 35, 38, and 39 numbered 32, 29, 28, and 25. First edition. Dedication to John, earl of Mulgrave. Indexed in: Macdonald 80a. Indexed in: Wing D2245.

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The British essayists : to which are prefixed prefaces, biographical, historical, and critical (v.1)

Ferguson, James (1710-1776)

1819

Vols. 4-5, 16-18, 23-25, 30-32, 34-35, 44-45 have imprint: London, Printed by Barnard and Farley for G. Offer; v. 6-15, London, Printed by Plummer and Brewis for G. Offer; v. 26-29, 33, London, Printe...

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