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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)243
Shakespeare, William, 1564-161688
Reed, Isaac (1742-1807)80
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Plays

Wycherley, William (1640-1716)

1735

Each play has special t.p. with frontispiece, and date 1735. On t.p.'s of last 3 plays Feales appears first in imprint.

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Plays (v.2)

Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726); Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

1735

Each play has separate title-page. "The provok'd husband" by Vanbrugh and Cibber.

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Plays (v.1)

Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)

1736

Re-issue of the individual plays with a new collective title page for each volume. Each play also has a separate t-p dated 1735-1736 and in red and black with separate paging and signatures.

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Plays (v.1)

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1724

Plate engraved by B. Cole.

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Plays (v.2)

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1724

Plate engraved by B. Cole.

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Plays (v.3)

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1724

Plate engraved by B. Cole.

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Plays (v.4)

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1724

Plate engraved by B. Cole.

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Plays (v.1)

Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726); Tonson, Jacob (1656-1736); Wellington, M

1719

Half-title to vol.1: "Sir John Vanbrugh's plays."

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Plays (v.2)

Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726); Tonson, Jacob (1656-1736); Wellington, M

1719

Half-title to vol.1: "Sir John Vanbrugh's plays."

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The curfew : a play

Tobin, John (1770-1804)

1807

Signatures: [A]-Ip4s; without catchwords.

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The stranger : a play

Thompson, Benjamin (1776?-1816); Kotzebue, August von (1761-1819); Oxberry, William Henry (1804-1871)

1820

A version, by Benjamin Thompson, of Kotzebue's Menschenhass und Reue. At head of title: Oxberry's edition.

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The duel, a play

O'Brien, William (1815); Sedaine, Michel-Jean (1719-1797)

[1772]

An adaptation of Sedaine's Le philosophe sans le sçavoir.

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