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Achilles : An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
Gay, John (1685-1732)
1733
First edition.
The beggar's opera : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
Gay, John (1685-1732)
1728
Advertisements on the title-page verso. Ref.: Lewis, P.E. (ed.) John Gay. The beggar's opera. Edinburgh, 1973, p. 32. Signature G2 unsigned. Cast list on p. [6].
Polly : an opera. Being the second part of The beggar's opera
Gay, John (1685-1732)
[1729]
Preface dated: March 25, 1729. - A piracy. One of the two octavo spurious editions which appeared on 9 April 1729. Without the music.
Trivia: or, The art of walking the streets of London
Gay, John (1685-1732)
[1716]
First edition. Sig. C3 signed; a variant has this unsigned. The ornaments are those used by William Bowyer. With title vignette (cross-keys); head- and tail-pieces; printed marginal notes. Err...
The what d'ye call it : a tragi-comi-pastoral farce
Gay, John (1685-1732)
[1715]
First edition. With engraved frontispiece, unsigned by the artist. Date suggested by ESTC. Dramatis personæ list on p. [12]. The final page is blank.
Two epistles; one, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; the other, to a lady
Gay, John (1685-1732); Burlington, Richard Boyle earl of (1694-1753)
[1715?]
The second epistle has a separate titlepage: 'An epistle to a lady, occasion'd by the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The fifth edition.' London: printed for Bernard Lintot. Neith...
A complete key to the last new farce The what d'ye call it. : To which is prefix'd a hypercritical preface on the nature of burlesque and the poets design
Griffin, Benjamin (1680-1740); Theobald, Mr Lewis (1688-1744)
1715
Anonymous; by Benjamin Griffin and Lewis Theobald.
Wine, a poem : To which is added Old England's new triumph: or, The battel of Audenard. A song
Gay, John (1685-1732)
1709
'Wine' was first published, anonymously, in 1708, and reprinted in the same year. 'Old England's new triumph' was first added in H. Hill's pirated edition, 1708, of which this is a reissue.
The art of longevity, or, A diæteticall institution
Gayton, Edmund (1608-1666)
1659
In verse. Caption title: A diaetetical institution. No pages numbered 81-82, but text is complete.
Wil: Bagnal's ghost. Or The merry devill of Gadmunton. : In his perambulation of the prisons of London
Gayton, Edmund (1608-1666)
1655
Dated by Thomason Dec.1 1655. Armorial type ornament on titlepage. Headpieces, initials. In part a satire on 'The distressed merchant, and prisoners comfortin distresse' by William Bagwell ("Will ...
Memoirs concerning the life and manners of Captain Mackheath
Gay, John (1685-1732)
1728
A political satire apparently on R. Walpole. Satirical biography of the character Macheath in John Gay's "Beggar's opera".