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Blavatnik Honresfield Library2
Congreve, William2
Congreve, William (1670-1729)2
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)2
Terence2
Academie Francaise1
Badius, Josse (1462-1535)1
Bentley, Richard1
Bentley, Richard (1662-1742)1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)1

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Terenti[us] cu[m] directorio vocabuloru[m] sententiaru[m] artis comice glosa i[n]terlineali come[n]tarijs Donato Gvidone Ascensio

Terence; Badius, Josse (1462-1535); Calfurnio, Giovanni (1503); Donatus, Aelius; Jouenneaux, Guy (1507); Grüninger, Johann; White, Henry (1900); Grey, Charles Hervey (1875-1955); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno incarnatio[n]is dominice Millesimoquaterq[ue]centesimononagesimosexto. Kalendaru[m] vero Nouembrium. [1 November 1496]

Signatures: a⁶ b-c⁸ d-z⁶ A-E⁶ F⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on the verso of numbered leaf CLXXVI (F7v) reads: Immpressum [sic] in Imperiali ac libera vrbe Argentina Per magistrum Ioa...

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The Lancashire-witches and Tegue O Divelly the Irish priest : a comedy

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Ettricke, Sarah; Blavatnik Honresfield Library

1682

"Acted at the Duke's Theater." Pp.49-64 (sig.H-I) irregularly numbered as follows: 49, 58, 59, 52, 53, 62, 63, 56, 59, 58, 59, 58, 63, 62, 63, 62. The text is in order. Errata: p. [5]. Advertise...

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A true widow : a comedy acted by the Duke's servants

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Blavatnik Honresfield Library

1679

First edition. The prologue is by Dryden. After his quarrel with Shadwell he gave this prologue to Mrs. Aphra Behn for her play The Widow Ranter. Epilogue by the author. With a final epilogue le...

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Reflections upon learning

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715); Ozell, John (1743); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1718

N3 signed H3.

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A dissertation on comedy : in which the rise and progress of that species of the drama is particularly consider'd and deduc'd from the earliest to the present age

Hippisley, John (1767)

1750

Authorship has been attributed to John Hippisley, Jr. -- cf. Dictionary of National Biography vol. 9, p. 903.

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An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule : to which is added, an analysis of the characters of an humourist, Sir John Falstaff, Sir Roger de Coverly, and Don Quixote : inscribed to the Right Honorable Robert Earl of Orford

Morris, Corbyn (1710-1779); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1744

Dedication signed: Corbyn Morris. With a leaf of errata and advertisements between the dedication and introduction. Includes (p.66-75) Congreve's Essay concerning humour in comedy. By Corbyn Mor...

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An essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit

Meredith, George (1828-1909)

1915

First published in "The New Quarterly Magazine" for April 1877.

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P. Terentii Afri Comoediae

Terence; Reinhardt, Theodor Friedrich Gottfried; Bentley, Richard (1662-1742)

1827

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