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classical poetry2
english drama (comedy)2
english poetry2
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Wilson, John (1626-1696)9
Devonshire, William Cavendish3
Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1640-1707)3
Petronius Arbiter3
Wilson, John3
Buckingham, John Sheffield2
Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21)2
Saint-Evremond2
Saint-Evremond (1613-1703)2
Andronicus I Comnenus, Emperor of the East, D. 11851

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The works of Petronius Arbiter, translated by several hands. With a key by a person of honour, and also his life and character by Monsieur St. Evremont

Petronius Arbiter; Saint-Evremond (1613-1703); Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1640-1707); Wilson, John (1626-1696); Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21)

1714

"The charms of liberty: a poem, occasion'd by the Archbishop of Cambray's Telemachus... By the late Duke of Devonshire": p.335-340.

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Moriæ encomium, or, The praise of folly

Erasmus, Desiderius (1536); Wilson, John (1626-1696)

1668

Page opposite first numbered page is William Leak's advertising. Pages 42-3 misnumbered 40-1; p. 46-7 misnumbered 44-5.

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Andronicus Comnenius : a tragedy

Wilson, John (1626-1696)

1664

Milton C. Nahm suggests that the anonymous Andronicus of 1661 is an early draft of this work; cf. Review of English studies, 1938, v. 14, pp 143-154.

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Belphegor : or, The marriage of the Devil. A tragi-comedy lately Acted at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset-Garden

Wilson, John (1626-1696); Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469-1527)

1691

Licens'd, October 13. 1690. Claimed in "The author to the reader" to be based on a work by Machiavelli.

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The cheats. : A comedy: written in the year M.DC.LXII

Wilson, John (1626-1696); Taylor, Randal (fl. 1664-1700?)

1693

Imprimatur, Nov. 5, 1663. Roger L'Estrange. Edition statement precedes author statement. Indexed in: Reference: Wing (2nd ed.) W2920.

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The cheats : A comedy: written in the year, 1662

Wilson, John (1626-1696)

1684

Pp. 30-31 numbered 32-33. Imprimatur, Nov. 5, 1663. Roger L'Estrange. By John Wilson.

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[The works of Petronius Arbiter, translated by several hands. With a key by a person of honour, and also his life and character by Monsieur St. Evremont]

Petronius Arbiter; Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1640-1707); Wilson, John (1626-1696); Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-21)

[1714?]

Wanting all before p.281. No imprint at foot of p.360 (another issue has imprint of George Strahan, 1713 in that position). "The charms of liberty: a poem, occasion'd by the Archbishop of Cambray's ...

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