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Dryden, John (1631-1700)25
Dryden, John4
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)3
Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)3
Herringman, Henry3
Herringman, Henry (1704)3
Virgil3
Newcombe, Thomas2
Newcombe, Thomas (1627-1681)2
Pattison, William (1706-1727)2

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The art of poetry

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Soames, Sir William

1683

First edition.

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Secret love: or, The maiden queen : a comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1762

Forms vol. 2 of "The dramatic works of John Dryden".

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Secret-love: or, The maiden-queen : as it is now acted by His Majesty's servants

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1698

'Epilogue. Written by a person of honour' on final, unnumbered, page. Indexed in: Woodward & MacManaway 451.

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Tyrannick love: or, The royal martyr : A tragedy. As it is acted by His Majesties servants, at the Theatre Royal

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1672

At the beginning of the last paragraph of the Preface the spelling is 'critiques', not 'criticks'. Indexed in: Cf. Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden; a bibliography. Oxford, 1939, p. 105. Indexed in: W...

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Don Sebastian, King of Portugal : a tragedy acted at the Theatre Royal

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1692

Signatures: [A]⁴, a⁴, B-P⁴ (N2 incorrectly signed N1). Cf. Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden; a bibliography. Oxford, 1939, p. 130.

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The assignation: or, Love in a nunnery : As it is acted, at the Theatre-Royal

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Herringman, Henry (1704); Newcombe, Thomas (1627-1681)

1678

Second edition. Signatures: A⁴, a², B-I⁴. Page 23 incorrectly numbered 32. Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden; a bibliography. Oxford, 1939, p. 112. Indexed in: Wing D2242.

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The assignation : or, Love in a nunnery. As it is acted, at the Theatre-Royal

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Newcombe, Thomas (1627-1681); Herringman, Henry (1704)

1673

First edition. Cover title. Signatures: A⁴, 2 leaves unsigned, B-K⁴, L². Headpiece; initial. Error in paging: 68 numbered 78. Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden; a bibliography. Oxford, 1939,...

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The mistaken husband : a comedie

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1675

"As it is acted by His Majesties servants at the Theatre-Royall." Pp.14, 15, 54, 55, 64 wrongly numbered 15, 14, 55, 54, 74 respectively. Attributed to Dryden.

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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)

1701

Signatures: A-H⁴, I. An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some a...

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Sr. Martin Mar-all, or The feign'd innocence : a comedy. As it was acted at His Highnesse the Duke of York's theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Molière (1622-1673); Newcastle, William Cavendish Duke of (1592-1676); Quinault, Philippe (1635-1688)

1669

Second edition, second issue. Signatures: [A]², B-K⁴. Anon., by J. Dryden. Adapted by Dryden from the Duke of Newcastle's translation of Molière's "L'étourdi" and Quinault's "L'amant indisc...

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Absalom and Achitophel : a poem

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1681

Not in Wing or Macdonald; this appears to be the "pirated" edition to which H.T. Swedenberg refers in his edition of Dryden's Works, vol.2 (1972), p.413. Gathering B is duplicated. Anon., By J. Dr...

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The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis (v.1)

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

1709

Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil and Preface to the Pastorals (v. 1, p. 13-100) and Addison's An essay on the Georgics (v. 1, 77-92). Neither work is signed. Cf. D.N.B., v. 4, p. 210 on Chetwood and...

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