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Æsop at Epsom, or, A few select fables in verse
1698
Anon. With first and last leaves blank. Sig. A3 signed A2 in error.
Æsop in select fables : Viz. I. At Tunbridge. II. At Bathe. III. At Epsom. IV. At Whitehall. V. From Tunbridge. VI. At Amsterdam. With a dialogue between Bow-steeple dragon, and the Exchange grashoper
1698
A collection of satirical works, not in fact by Æsop. Each part has separate divisional title page and pagination; register is continuous. The six fables were also published separately in the same ...
The philosophers satyrs
Anton, Robert (1584-)
1616
In verse. P. 1 misnumbered 17. Signatures: A4 B4-M4 N2.
The St. James's tatler: or, The court of request miscellany : containing (among other pieces) I. The amorous lady: or, the knight jocky'd by his postillion... Dedicated to the Honourable, and truly virtuous Lady C-----D, of Red-Lyon-Street
T. C
1734
Dedication signed: T.C. 20 titles are listed in the contents, but there are actually 32. Headbands, initial, type ornament rules throughout, tailpieces. One piece is in prose.
A satyr against satyrs: or, St. Peter's vision transubstantiated
R. D
1680
Advertisement: p. [3]. Attributed to R.D. cf. NUC pre-1956. Main text is preceded by a satiriacal verse "Advertisemnet" attacking N.T., i.e. Nathaniel Thompson.
The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Juvenal; Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736); Knaplock, Robert (1737); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Persius
1697
Mostly in verse. The satires of Juvenal each have divisional title page. "The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus" has a separate dated title page, with imprint lacking Robert Knaplock, on p. 393; pa...
Love given over, or, A satyr against the pride, lust, and inconstancy, &c. of woman. with Sylvia's revenge, or, A satyr against man, in answer to the Satyr against woman
Gould, Robert (1709); Hills, Henry (1713); Ames, Richard (1693)
1710
Also published under title: Love given o're. Love given over was first published in 1682, 'Sylvia's revenge' in 1688. The two satires were first issued together, by H.Hills (piratically?), in 1709. ...
An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
Collier, Jane (1709?-1754); Woodward, G M (1760-1809); Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
1808
Illustrations are hand colored.
The Summer miscellany, or, A present for the country : containing, The pin, an epigram. Physick and cards. Epigrams on Pope and Cibber... Good L-d B---, a new ode. The city's new instructions to her representatives in Parliament : many of which were never before printed
Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)
1742
Anonymous. Atributed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, who wrote several of the poems. T.p. lists 22 pieces. Signatures: [A]¹, B-G⁴, H⁴. Satires in verse and prose on various public figures....
The political house that Jack built : with thirteen cuts
Hone, William (1780-1842); Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
1819
Attributed to Hone in B.M. Catalogue. B.M. Political Satires 13292-13304. Printed from the same setting of type as the fourteenth edition at 91.p.42 no.1.
Virgidemiarum : sixe bookes. First three bookes, of tooth-lesse satyrs. 1. Poeticall. 2. Academicall. 3. Morall
Hall, Joseph (1574-1656)
1602
Third edition. P.26 mis-numbered 20. In verse. The numbered items are bracketed together on the title page. Signatures: A-E⁸. Anonymous. By Joseph Hall.