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Brotherton Collection14
English Literature14

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ballad operas1
english literature1

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France1
Great Britain1
London (England)1

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Courtilz De Sandras, Gatien (1644-1712)3
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-16831
Cousteil, Isaac1
Crull, J1
Crull, J (1713)1
Gay, John1
Gay, John (1685-1732)1
Langallerie, Philippe Ange De Gentils, Marquis De, 1656-17171
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762)1
Oldmixon, John1

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The country gentleman's vade mecum : or his companion for the town, in eighteen letters

1699

Dedication signed: Ed. S----cy. Advertisement: p. [1]-[4] at end. Indexed in: References: Kress Lib : 2113. Indexed in: References: Wing : C6533.

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The life of the famous John Baptist Colbert, late minister and secretary of state to Lewis XIV, the present French King. Done into English from the French copy printed at Cologne this present year, 1695

Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien (1644-1712)

1695

Translation of: La vie de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, ministre d'etat, sous Louis XIV, roy de France, by G. Courtilz de Sandras. A1: frontispiece (engraved). Advertisements: p. [13-14] (1st group). I...

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The Country club : a poem

1679

Signatures: pi1 A-D⁴ E². Probably the earliest poem on clubs. The club referred to met at an inn called "The Anchor" about three miles outside London. Woodcut vignette on t.p.; ornamental ini...

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Court and country, or, The changelings : a new ballad opera. As it was lately performed

1743

Libretto only. Includes titles of airs (popular and borrowed) to be sung.

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Court poems : Viz; I. The basset-table. An eclogue. II. The drawing-room. III. The toilet. Publish'd faithfully, as they were found in a pocket-book taken up in Westminster-Hall, the last day of the Lord Winton's tryal

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762); Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1706 [i.e. 1716]

First edition. Date on title-page misprinted 1706. Authorship attributed by "Advertisement" to "a lady of quality," Pope or Gay. Nos. I and II are now ascribed to Lady Mary; included in the ms. of...

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The court of adultery : a vision

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1778

Attributed to William Whitehead in the Wrenn catalogue. With a half-title.

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Court-tales: or, A history of the amours of the present nobility : To which is prefixed, a compleat key

Oldmixon, John (1673-1742); Crull, J (1713); Walsh, William (1663-1708)

1720

Attributed by NUC both to Jodocus Crull and to John Oldmixon, being a version of the latter's "Court of Atlantis", 1714. "Aesculapius" by William Walsh on pp.153-178 [i.e.162], with pp.161-176 and r...

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