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English Literature49
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cantatas, secular1
english poetry1
erotic literature1
greek poetry1
irish drama (in english)1
latin poetry1
letters1

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)52
Congreve, William (1670-1729)16
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, D. 30 B.C8
Congreve, William8
Dryden, John8
Shakespeare, William5
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)5
Corneille, Thomas4
Corneille, Thomas (1625-1709)4
Moliere4

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Ovid's Art of love

Ovid; Ovid; Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712)

1709

Numbers 175-178, 236-237 omitted in paging. Ovid's Art of love and Remedy of love translated by J. Dryden, W. Congreve and N. Tate; Chaucer's The court of love modernized by A. Mainwaring. "The hi...

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Ovid's Art of love, in three books, together with his Remedy of love

Ovid; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712); Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?)

1725

Signatures: A-N12,O⁶. Omits the "Amours". Title reads as in edition of 1709, with a few differences of punctuation. "The history of love" by Charles Hopkins has a special title page. B3 signed...

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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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All for love : or, The world well lost : a tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Bell, John (1745-1831)

1792

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All for love : or, The world well lost. A tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1740

Title vignette (portrait of Shakespeare).

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All for love : or, The world well lost. A tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1740

Title vignette (portrait of Shakespeare).

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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 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)

1692

Indexed in: Macdonald 78c.

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An evening's love, or, The mock-astrologer : as it is acted by Their Majesties servants

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Molière (1622-1673); Corneille, Thomas (1625-1709)

1691

Signatures: A-K⁴. Based on William Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing, Molière's Le dépit amoureux and Thomas Corneille's Le feint astrologue. Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) D2276.

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Secret-love, or, The maiden-queen : as it is acted by Their Majesties servants

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1691

Signatures: A-H⁴. "A catalogue of some plays printed for R. Bentley" at end. Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) D2357 ("Fifth edition").

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