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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.

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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 ...

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The philosophers satyrs

Anton, Robert (1584-)

1616

In verse. P. 1 misnumbered 17. Signatures: A4 B4-M4 N2.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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. ...

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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.

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The Scourge, a satire

1765

Composed in verse. Printer's advertisement: p. [24]. Anon.

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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....

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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.

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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.

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