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English Literature	53
Brotherton Collection	38
Herbert Read Collection	3

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english drama	76
french drama	14
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english poetry	2
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flowers in literature	2
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english drama (comedy)	1
english farces	1

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La Place, Pierre Antoine De	14
La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793)	14
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)	11
Reed, Isaac	11
Reed, Isaac (1742-1807)	11
Eliot, T S (1888-1965)	9
Bridgen, John William	7
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)	5
Blavatnik Honresfield Library	4
Brome, Richard (1652)	3

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Critical remarks on the four taking plays of this season : viz. Sir Walter Raleigh, The masquerade, Chit-chat, and Busiris King of Egypt. Dedicated to the wits at Button's coffee-house

Corinna, a country parson's wife

1719

First edition. Signatures: A², B-I⁴, K².

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The virtuoso. : A comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Herringman, Henry (1704); T. N; I. C

1676

According to T.J. Wise, "The Ashley Library", this is the first edition. Paper: watermarks include: IC/-.

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The comical history of Don Quixote : As it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset-Garden, by Their Majesties servants. Part I

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723); Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

1694

A play based on Cervantes' 'Don Quixote'. "Certain of the songs in the first and second parts of D'Urfey's 'Don Quixote' (1694) were by [Henry] Purcell,..." -- DNB. At the foot of p.50 are some ad...

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Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle

Brome, Richard (1652); Brome, Alexander (1620-1666); Cross, Thomas (fl. 1632-1682)

1653

Editor's dedication signed: A. Brome. The words "madd couple.. Damoiselle." are bracketed together on title page. The portrait is signed: T. Cross sculpsit. Printed by Thomas Roycroft, according...

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Manuscript of the third act of the play 'The Siege of St Quentin' by Theodore Hook, in the hand of William Powell the prompter, and with manuscript annotations by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Tom Sheridan.

Hook, Theodore Edward

1808

Comprises a fair copy of Act 3 of Hook's play, signed 'W. Powell, Prompter, T[heatre]. R[oyal]. D[rury]. L[ane]. Octr 5th 1808'. The first scene is said to be enacted in 'a courtyard in the Castle of ...

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The libertine: : a tragedy. Acted by His Royal Highness's Servants

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Rosimond sieur (1645-1686); Herringman, Henry (1704); Blavatnik Honresfield Library

1676

First edition. An adaption of: "Nouveau festin de Pierre" by Rosimond. Cf. Steiger, A. T. Shadwell's "Libertine," p. 40; Miles, D.H. Influence of Molière, p. 231. BHL 01 (vol 1): seventh item in ...

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Five new playes, viz. The English moor, or the mock-marriage. The love-sick court, or the ambitious politique. Covent Garden weeded. The new academy, or the new exchange. The queen and concubine

Brome, Richard (1652)

1659

With a vertical half-title: Bromes playes. 'The English moor' (E.1782[1]) has separate title page with imprint "...printed by J.T. for A.C. and Henry Broom,... 1658.", and separate register. 'The ...

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