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A panegyrick to his excellency, the Lord Generall Monck

D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1659

Verse - "OUr fiery Sects scorn'd your Triumphant night,".

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Sacred poems, or briefe meditations, of the day in generall and of all the dayes in the weeke

Browne, Edward (fl. 1641)

1641

Many errors in pagination. Forms the second part of his "A description of an annuall world". By E. Browne.

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The tragedy of Albertus Wallenstein, late Duke of Fridland, and generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the Second

Glapthorne, Henry

1640

"The scene, Egers. And acted with good allowance at the Globe on the banke-side, by His Majesties servants." Signatures: A-H⁴ I². Indexed in: STC 11913.

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The generall historie of the magnificent state of Venice : From the first fovndation thereof vntill this present

Fougasses, Thomas de; Shute, W

1612

The second volume, issued without a title-page, begins with a half-title on Aaaa1. Title vignette; initials. Sig.A has only three leaves. Last leaf of each vol. is blank.

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The queenes exchange, a comedy : acted with generall applause at the Black-Friers [sic] by His Majesties Servants

Brome, Richard (1652); Brome, Henry (1681)

1657

First issue, printed in double columns. Published in 1661 under title: The royall exchange. Edited by Henry Brome.

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The rebellion of Naples : or, The tragedy of Massenello. Commonly so called; but rightly Tomaso Aniello di Malfa Generall of the Neopolitans

T. B (fl.1649)

1649

The dedication "To the right worshipfull his honoured kins-man, John Caesar of Hyde hall, in the county of Hertford, esquire," is signed: T. B. Date on title page: M DC IL. Woodward & McManaway 98...

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The English treasury of wit and language : collected out of the most, and best of our English drammatick poems; methodically digested into common place for generall use

Cotgrave, John (fl. 1655)

1655

Indexed in: Wing C6368; Case 108(variant with p. 6 numbered and p. 169 correctly numbered; other irregularities in pagination as noted by Case).

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

c. 28.05.1881

Autograph letter. Contains revisions to the King's Tragedy. WD asked for his opinion and requested to return Biographie Generale volumes via Miss Asher.

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A description of an annuall world, or, Briefe meditations upon all the holy-daies in the yeere : with certaine briefe poeticall meditations of the day in generall and all the daies in the weeke

Browne, Edward (fl. 1641)

1641

Attributed to Edward Browne. cf. NUC pre-1956. Fully described in Grolier club cat. of early works of English writers from Wither to Pryor, New York, 1905, v. 1, no. 103, p. 96-97 & facsimile facing...

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