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Aesop5
H. G (1709-)2
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-17242
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-17222
Ward, Edward (1667-1731)2
Avianus1
Babrius1
Bellamy, D1
Bellamy, D (1687-)1
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The eagle and the robin : An apologue. Translated from the original of Æsop, written two thousand years since, and now rendred in familiar verse

H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop; Holdsworth, E (1684-1746); Bellamy, D (1687-)

1709

Preface signed: Horat. Gram. There is no evidence that this is a translation from Aesop. On the Duke of Marlborough and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. "Taffey's triumph" is Daniel Bellamy the el...

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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 at Tunbridge. Or, A few select fables in verse

No person of quality; Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

1698

Signatures: A-B8 C4. Sometimes attributed to Edward Ward. In verse. The first leaf is blank.

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The eagle and the robin : An apologue. Translated from the original of Aesop, written two thousand years since, and now rendred in familiar verse

H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop; Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?)

1709

The second poem, embodying a prophecy by an old cat is entitled "Robin Red Breast, with the beasts". Preface signed: Horat. Gram.; sometimes ascribed to William King. Horat Gram presumably standin...

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Ecclesia & factio : a dialogue between Bow-Steeple Dragon and the Exchange Grashopper

Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

1698

Anon., by E. Ward. Final page blank.

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Aesop at Bathe, or, A few select fables in verse

Person of quality

1698

Wing A735A.

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Æsop at Amsterdam, balancing the Æsops at Tunbridg, Bathe, Whitehal, &c

Ludlow Redivivus

1698

"Eleven fables in verse, ridiculing monarchical government" -- BLC, v. 202, p. 197. Possibly a fictitious imprint. Pages 25-39 misnumbered 17-31.

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A dialogue between the flag of St. Martin's steeple, and the standard at the Tower

W. P (fl. 1698)

1698

Epistle dedicatory signed W. P.

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Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae, elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus : Gabriae Graeci fabellae XLIIII. [Batrachomyomachia], Homeri, hoc est, ranarum & murium pugna. [Galeomyomachia], hoc est felium & murium pugna, fabula Graeca. Haec omnia cum Latina interpretatione. Accesserunt Auieni antiqui auctoris fabulae

Aesop; Babrius; Avianus; Manuzio, Aldo (1515); Planudes, Maximus (1260-1310); Prodromus, Theodore

1628

Title page vignette. Signatures: a-z⁸ A-C⁸. "Aesopi fabulatoris vita, à Maximo Planude conscripta"--p.7. Parallel text in Greek and Latin. Includes index.

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