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Title: A letter to the Bp of S---m from the presbitory of Wigtown upon his speech in
the H-- of Lords. [A Scotch epistle (index)]
Author: Plaxton, George
Attribution: Mr Plaxton [index]
Date(s): 1709 ?
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Criticism supposedly by Scottish presbyterians and in Scottish dialect of the
orthodox and establishment position on religious matters taken by Gilbert
Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, urging him to quit southern comforts and return
to Scotland
Nativity of Christ (fol. 48v)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature depicts the scene of the Nativity in the stable. The Virgin Mary, dressed in a blue gown and a cloak highlighted in gold, and Joseph, dressed in red and blue garments, kneel an...
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Wilson, John Dover (1881-1969)
1949
"Edited for the syndics of the Cambridge University Press by John Dover Wilson" - half t.p.
The rector of Justin
Auchincloss, Louis (1917-2010)
1967
Originally published, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Gollancz, 1964.
Plus ultra: or, the progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle : In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, useful learning: to encourage philosophicl endeavours. Occasioned by a conference with one of the notional way
Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680)
1668
With book-list of James Collins at end (1 p.).
Parsons, Alfred William to "Dear Sir"
Parsons, Alfred William
14 Dec [1880]
Sender is painter and member of the Royal Academy.
Miscellaneous poems and translations
Travers, Henry (fl. 1731)
1740
First York edition?. Signatures: [a]-d⁴, A-Zz⁴.
King Henry the Eighth. IV. i. 4 - IV. i. 90
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1623
First Folio page number: (224)
Fowler, [Henry] to Ross, Alan
28 May 1991- 14 June 1991
Relating to Ralph Thompson; Beryl Chitty; Derek Walcott.
The Dunciad : With notes variorum and the prolegomena of Scriblerus. Written in the year, 1727
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
[1733]
"A letter to the publisher" (p. [8]-20) signed William Cleland is by Pope himself. Owl frontispiece (some copies have the Ass).
The prerogative of popular government : the politicall discourse in two books. The former containing the first præliminary of Oceana, inlarged... The second concerning ordination, against Dr. H. Hamond, Dr. L. Seaman, and the authors they follow. In which two books is contained the whole commonwealth of the Hebrews ... as also the different polities introduced into the church of Christ during the time of the apostles
Harrington, James (1611-1677)
1658
Book one is a defence of Oceana against M. Wren's "Considerations on Mr. Harrington's... Oceana". Book two has title and imprint: The second book, or, A politicall discourse concerning ordination......