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Total number of records: 160

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English Literature143
Brotherton Collection136
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry14
classical poetry10
drama5
operas4
fables3
history, ancient2
tragedy2
comedy1
english drama1
erotic literature1

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Greece6
Rome6
Great Britain5
Granada (Kingdom)3
London (England)2
England1
Grenada1
Stonehenge (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dryden, John (1631-1700)160
Dryden, John62
Tonson, Jacob24
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)23
Congreve, William (1670-1729)15
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)10
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)9
Publius Ovidus Naso9
Congreve, William8
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)7

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From 170058
From 18001
From 19004

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Up to 19994

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Poems on various occasions; and translations from several authors

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Titus Lucretius Carus; Theocritus; Horace; Ovid

1701

First edition. The following have separate title-pages: Absalom and Achitophel. The tenth edition. 1701 -- The medal. The fourth edition. 1701 -- Religio laici. The fourth edition. 1701 -- The hind ...

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Plutarch's lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch (v.3)

Plutarch; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1693-1703

Vol.1: [A new edition]. 1703. -- v.2: The third edition. 1693. -- v.3: 1693. No statement of edition. With an additonal title-page, engraved.

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Plutarch's lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch (v.4)

Plutarch; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1693-1703

Vol.1: [A new edition]. 1703. -- v.2: The third edition. 1693. -- v.3: 1693. No statement of edition. With an additonal title-page, engraved.

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Plutarch's lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch (v.1)

Plutarch; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1693-1703

Vol.1: [A new edition]. 1703. -- v.2: The third edition. 1693. -- v.3: 1693. No statement of edition. With an additonal title-page, engraved.

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Plutarch's lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch (v.2)

Plutarch; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1693-1703

Vol.1: [A new edition]. 1703. -- v.2: The third edition. 1693. -- v.3: 1693. No statement of edition. With an additonal title-page, engraved.

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The tribe of Levi : A poem

Tutchin, John (1661?-1707); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1691

A satire on the clergy. 'Erratum' on the foot of p.18. One of three editions in 1691, according to C.B.E.L. Macdonald, 'John Dryden: a bibliography', p.269, note 4, mentions two editions in this...

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Theodore & Honoria

Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Walklin, Carol

1985

Limited edition of 300 copies.

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Religio laici : or a layman's faith. A poem

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685)

1683

The commendatory verses by Roscommon appear for the first time in this edition. Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-D⁴ E². Indexed in: Wing D2345 ("Third edition").

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Britannia rediviva, a poem on the birth of the prince

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1688

First edition. On the birth of James Francis Edward Stuart.

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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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The Duke of Guise : a tragedy acted by Their Majesties servants

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692)

1687

Indexed in: Wing D2265 ("second edition").

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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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