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Dodsley, James3
Dodsley, James (1724-1797)3
Percy, Thomas3
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811)3
Acciaiuoli, Donato (1429-1478)2
Barbaro, Francesco (1390-1454)2
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)2
Bruni, Leonardo (1369-1444)2
Campano, Giannantonio Bishop (1429-1477)2
Castiglionchio, Lapo De (1381)2

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The meaning of musical history

Westrup, J A (1904-1975)

1946

"Delivered at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, on 21 November 1945."

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Letters between Dora Yates and B Gilliat-Smith

1931-1957

Correspondence of 1931-57 between Dora Yates and B Gilliat-Smith (4 letters).

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A Briefe answer to a book intituled, His Majesties letter and declaration to the sheriffes and City of London

Printed in the yeer 1642 [i.e. 1643]

Published January 30, 1643 (Thomason). Anon.

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date (v.1)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Dodsley, James (1724-1797)

1765

Sig. B3 and T 6,7 of vol.1, sig. N 7 of vol. 2 are said to be reprinted. At p.224 of vol. 3, eight leaves, paged [225]-[240], containing a ballad entitled 'George Barnwell' are inserted. First editi...

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date (v.2)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Dodsley, James (1724-1797)

1765

Sig. B3 and T 6,7 of vol.1, sig. N 7 of vol. 2 are said to be reprinted. At p.224 of vol. 3, eight leaves, paged [225]-[240], containing a ballad entitled 'George Barnwell' are inserted. First editi...

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date (v.3)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Dodsley, James (1724-1797)

1765

Sig. B3 and T 6,7 of vol.1, sig. N 7 of vol. 2 are said to be reprinted. At p.224 of vol. 3, eight leaves, paged [225]-[240], containing a ballad entitled 'George Barnwell' are inserted. First editi...

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The English improver improved, or, The survey of husbandry surveyed : discovering the improveableness of all lands

Blith, Walter (fl. 1649); Blith, Walter (fl. 1649)

1652

Title on two leaves, the first engraved, the second (beginning "all clearly demonstrated"), print. Previously published as: The English improver, or, A new survey of husbandry, 1649. Errata: p. [5...

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The poetical works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, baronet, and his speeches in Parliament, with large additions never before made publick

Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701); Ayloffe, W

1707

The attribution of this edition to Ayloffe on the title-page is false. Ayloffe died in 1706. The volumes is divided into two sections, the first of which (to p.224) consists of the preface to Ayloff...

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Travels into several remote nations of the world : In four parts (v.1-2)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Motte, Benjamin (1738)

1726

Teerink 291. The "B" edition (3rd 8vo ed.), publ. Dec. 1726.", with the portrait in the second state (with the inscription "Captain Lemuel Gulliver..." round the oval rather than underneath); there is...

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Aesop's Fables

Aesop; Rundell, Joseph Benjamin; Griset, Ernest Henry (1844-1907); Croxall, Samuel (1752); La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)

[1874-1875]

Multi-part item originally issued in 13 parts. Pagination as follows: Part 1 (April 1874) [2], 32 p., [1] leaf of plates, Part 2 (May 1874) p. 33-64, Part 3 (June 1874) p. 65-96, Part 4 (July 1874) p....

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