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| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 10 |
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| Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) | 4 |
| Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764) | 4 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 4 |
| Foote, Samuel (1720-1777) | 4 |
| Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 | 4 |
| Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) | 3 |
| Beaumont, Francis | 3 |
| Carey, Henry (1687?-1743) | 3 |
[St. Peters complainte. Mary Magdal. teares : wth other workes of the author R:S]
Southwell, Saint Robert (1561-1595); Barret, William (fl. 1595)
[1620]
By Robert Southwell. Wanting engraved title page; with separate printed part-titles to "Moeoniae" (G9r), "Marie Magdalens funerall teares" (I11r), "The triumphs over death" (Q10r), and "Short rules ...
A dialogue between Menalcas and Palæmon : being, an exercise for Christmas-day, 1738. By Robert Brereton, Trin. Coll. Alum
Brereton, Robert (1784)
[1739]
Verse: "What pleasing harmony invite's the ear". With a half-title. Another issue lacks Brereton's name on the titlepage.
Poems
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)
1653
Dedication signed L. B. [Laurence Blaiklock]. Commendatory poems by Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick and others. Almost all the poems are unsigned, and include work by Beaumont, Cleveland, Randolph, Don...
Admiral Haddock: or, the progress of Spain. A poem
Boyd, Elizabeth (fl. 1730-1744)
[1740]
Urging action against Spain. Apparently a reissue of the earlier edition (with titlepage dated 1739), with a cancel titlepage (Foxon). Anon., by Elizabeth Boyd.
The historie of the world, commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus
Pliny the Elder; Holland, Philemon (1552-1637)
1601
First edition. With errata leaf at end of vol. 2. "[Book 13] Sundrie sorts of gum. Also of the cane papyrus... Of divers kinds of paper, and how writing paper is made, also the triall of good or b...
An ode : most humbly inscrib'd to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, on his birth-day, Saturday, January 20th, 1738-9
Frederick Louis Prince of Wales (1707-1751); Brindley, J; Dodd, Mrs
1739
Anon.
An Epistle to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole
Nugent, Robert Nugent Earl (1702-1788); Dodington, George Bubb baron Melcombe (1691-1762)
1739
In verse. Begins: In thy calm intervals of social peace. Anon., doubtfully attributed to Robert Nugent; not to be confused with two other anonymous poetic epistles to Sir Robert Walpole, one writt...
Poems, &c. upon several occasions
Milton, John (1608-1674)
1673
Poems in Latin have special t.-p.: Joannis Miltoni Londinensis Poemata... Londini : Excudebat W. R., anno 1673. Separate pagination. Bookseller's list (5 p.) at end. Latin poems followed [p. 95-11...
The greatest statesman and the happiest fair, a pastoral, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lady Walpole
Lumley, George (1739)
1738
Indexed in: Foxon L324.
The mulberry-garden : a comedy; as it is acted by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre-Royal
Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701); Molière (1622-1673)
1668
Signatures: A[195}; B-K⁴; L² (A1 blank). Based in part on: L'école des maris / Molière. A variant of the first edition having the "T" and final "S" of the word "SERVANTS" on the title-page co...
The first satire of Persius imitated. By Mr. Loveling
Loveling, Benjamin (1727); Persius; Loveling, William
1740
Parallel Latin and English texts. Also attributed to William Loveling.
A canto of the Fairy Queen
West, Gilbert (1703-1756); Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599)
1739
Atkinson 69-70. First edition.