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Total number of records: 56

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English Literature56
Brotherton Collection53

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operas4
ballad operas3
english drama3
authors, english2
letters1
natural history1

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Dalton, John (1709-1763)7
Milton, John (1608-1674)5
Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)4
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)4
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)4
Lampe, John Frederick3
Lampe, John Frederick (1703?-1751)3
Milton, John3
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)2
Arne, Thomas Augustine2

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James Dalton, correspondence

Dalton, James

c.1795-1824

Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...

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The gentleman in black

Dalton, James (1831-1836); Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)

1831

Anon., by J. Dalton.

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An epistle to a young nobleman from his præceptor

Dalton, John (1709-1763); Gilliver, Lawton; Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Seymour, George Viscount Beauchamp

1736

Verse. Addressed to George Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp. First edition. Later published in his "Two epistles". Anonymous. By John Dalton. With a half-title.

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A forest of varieties

North, Dudley North Baron (1581-1666)

1645

Attributed to North by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. In four parts, the second part (Exonerations, pp.115-178) and the third (untitled, pp.179-224) having their own title-pages; the final section ...

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The dragon of Wantley : A burlesque opera. The musick by Mr. John Frederick Lampe, and performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Carey, Henry (1687?-1743); Lampe, John Frederick (1703?-1751)

1738

Libretto only.

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