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Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	5
English Literature	3

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Subject	Count
mythology, classical	8
art, ancient	2
mythology	2
hieroglyphics	1
latin poetry	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Chompre, Pierre (1698-1760)	2
Gautruche, Pierre (1602-1681)	2
Beaufort, Henry Somerset	1
Beaufort, Henry Somerset Duke of (1744-1803)	1
Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)	1
Cooke, William	1
Cooke, William (1780)	1
D'Assigny, Marius	1
D'Assigny, Marius (1643-1717)	1
Desaint, Jean	1

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From 1600	2
From 1700	6

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Up to 1699	2
Up to 1799	6

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Mystagogus poeticus : or The muses interpreter : explaining the historicall mysteries, and mysticall histories of the ancient Greek and Latine poets

Ross, Alexander (1591-1654)

1648

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The poetical histories : being a compleat collection of all the stories necessary for a perfect understanding of the Greek and Latine poets, and other ancient authors

Gautruche, Pierre (1602-1681); D'Assigny, Marius (1643-1717)

1674

There is no signature I but nothing appears to be wanting from the text. Book 1 ends on H8 recto, p. 111; H8 verso is blank; K1 recto and verso, carrying the Preface to Book 2, are unnumbered pages, a...

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A guide to classical learning, or, Polymetis abridged : containing, I. By way of introduction, the characters of the Latin poets and their works... II. An inquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets and the remains of the antient artists ... Being a work absolutely necessary, not only for the right understanding of the classics, but also for forming in young minds a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture, and painting

Tindal, N (1687-1774)

1777

Polymetis abridged.

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Polymetis : or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books

Spence, Joseph (1699-1768)

1747

First edition.

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Dictionnaire abrégé de la fable : pour l'intelligence des poëtes, des tableaux & des statues, dont les sujets sont tirés de l'histoire poétique

Chompré, Pierre (1698-1760)

1766

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Le dictionnaire abrégé de la fable : pour l'intelligence des poëtes, & la connoissance des tableaux & des statues, dont les sujets sont tirés de l'histoire poétique

Chompré, Pierre (1698-1760); Desaint, Jean

1740

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The new pantheon, or, Fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. : explained in a manner entirely new and rendered much more useful than any hitherto published : adorned with figures from antient paintings, medals and gems, for the use of those who would understand history, poetry, painting, statuary, coins, medals, &c. : with a dissertation on the theology and mythology of the heathens, from the writing of Moses, the Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, and eastern historians, philosophers, poets, &c

Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749); Cooke, William (1780); Beaufort, Henry Somerset Duke of (1744-1803)

1764

Dedicated to Henry, Duke of Beaufort, by William Cooke.

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De diis et heroibus poeticis libellus. In usum scholae Wintoniensis

Gautruche, Pierre (1602-1681); Jouvency, Joseph de (1643-1719); Winchester College

1760

An almost literal translation by Joseph Jouvency of the first two books of 'L'Histoire poétique' of Pierre Gautruche.