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Total number of records: 62

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Brotherton Collection29
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Letters Database8
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5
Allestree, Richard (1619-1681)4
Chapone, Mrs Hester (1727-1801)4
Sala, George Augustus4
Berkeley, George3
Berkeley, George (1685-1753)3
Fell, John (1625-1686)3
Haggard, Andrew (1854-1923)3
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)3
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)3

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The ladies library (v.1)

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1732

Initials, head- and tail-pieces. The dedication and preface alone are by Steele. Formerly attributed to Mary Wray, but now known to have been compiled by George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. Inclu...

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The ladies library (v.2)

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1732

Initials, head- and tail-pieces. The dedication and preface alone are by Steele. Formerly attributed to Mary Wray, but now known to have been compiled by George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. Inclu...

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The ladies library (v.3)

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1732

Initials, head- and tail-pieces. The dedication and preface alone are by Steele. Formerly attributed to Mary Wray, but now known to have been compiled by George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. Inclu...

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Regency ladies

Melville, Lewis (1874-1932)

1926

Contents: Queen Charlotte.--Lady Sarah Lennox.--Frances Burney, afterwards Madame d'Arblay.--Mrs. Fitzherbert.--Caroline, princess of Wales.--Mary and Agnes Berry.--Ladies-in-waiting: Lady Charlotte C...

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The great Roman ladies

Assa, Janine; Hollander, Anne

[1960]

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The ladies calling : in two parts

Allestree, Richard (1619-1681); Pakington, Lady Dorothy Coventry (1679); Sterne, Richard (1596?-1683); Henchman, Humphrey (1592-1675); Fell, John (1625-1686)

1675

"The whole duty of man" is attributed to Richard Allestree. Sometimes also attributed to Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, John Fell, or Humphrey Henchman and others. Publisher's device on title pa...

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Of the characters of women : an epistle to a lady

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1735

First edition. With booklist (1 p.) at end. The final page is blank.

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Of the characters of women : an epistle to a lady

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1735

First edition. With booklist (1 p.) at end. The final page is blank.

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Of the characters of women : an epistle to a lady

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1735

With the Advertisement (¹B1}, but wanting the second part of the sheet, which formed the booklist at end.

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Peeping Tom and Lady Godiva

Hartland, Edwin Sidney (1848-1927)

1890

Offprint from Folk-lore, vol.1, no.2, June 1890.

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Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady

Chapone, Mrs Hester (1727-1801)

1806

Scatcherd and Letterman's booklist [4pp.] at end.

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Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady

Chapone, Mrs Hester (1727-1801)

1806

Scatcherd and Letterman's booklist [4pp.] at end.

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