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Brotherton Collection30
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ballad operas3
diet1
fables1
longevity1
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Gay, John (1685-1732)23
Gay, John, 1685-17324
Gayton, Edmund (1608-1666)3
Arbuthnot, John2
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)2
Chaucer, Geoffrey2
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)2
Pope, Alexander2
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)2
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-17351

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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].

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Fables

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1733

Indexed in: Reference: Foxon, p. 295.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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".

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