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Wit against wisdom, or, The praise of folly
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536); Kennett, White (1660-1728); Holbein, Hans (1497-1543)
1722
Running title: A panegyrick upon folly. Signatures: 1 unsigned leaf, A⁶, (a)-(b)⁶, B-P⁶, Q2. "Books printed and sold by John Wilford": sig. (b)3. Includes index.
Miscellanea : or Various discourses upon 1. Tragedy, 2. Comedy, 3. The Italian & 4. The English comedy. 5. And operas, to His Grace, the D. of Buckingham. Together with Epicurus his morals
Saint-Evremond (1613-1703); Epicurus; Spence, Ferrand
1686
Signatures: A12, b-c12, d⁶, B-G12, H6 (A1 blank). Title within line border.
Lucan's Pharsalia, or, The civill warres of Rome betweene Pompey the great and Julius Caesar : the whole ten bookes
Lucan (39-65); May, Thomas (1595-1650)
1627
Engraved title page. Signatures: a8 A-T8.
Lucan's Pharsalia, or, The civill warres of Rome betweene Pompey the great and Julius Caesar : the whole ten bookes
Lucan (39-65); May, Thomas (1595-1650)
1627
Engraved title page. Signatures: a8 A-T8.
Duplicity : a comedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden
Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
1781
Lucan's Pharsalia, or, The civill warres of Rome betweene Pompey the great and Julius Caesar : the whole ten bookes
Lucan (39-65); May, Thomas (1595-1650)
1627
Engraved title page. Signatures: a8 A-T8.
Miscellaneous poems
Ralph, James (1705?-1762)
1729
Signatures: A⁶, B-P12, Q⁶. Initials; head-pieces (1 engraved); tail-pieces.
Six new playes : viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the private house in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted
Shirley, James (1596-1666)
1653
Each play has a separate t.p., dated either 1652 or 1653, and separate pagination and signatures. Head-pieces; initials. Frontispiece port. of the author, dated 1646. Collation: [4]; [8], 72; [8...
The bachelor of Salamanca, or, Memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda (v.1)
Le Sage, Alain René (1668-1747); Lockman, John (1698-1771)
1737-1739
In vol. 1, B3, B4 signed D3, B5 in error.
The Abinger chronicle (v.1, no.1, Christmas 1939)
Lodge, Oliver W F
Vol.1, no.1 includes: Mr Gosse and Professor Collins, by Oliver W.F. Lodge.
The Romane historie
Livy; Holland, Philemon (1552-1637); Florus, Lucius Annæus; Marliani, Giovanni Bartolomeo (1560)
1600
The first edition in English. This was the first of Holland's translations to be published. [A]⁶ B-6F⁶ (lacks A1 and 6F6, both blank). The pagination jumps from 804 to 809 and from 1351 to 1...
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...