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Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)17
Dodsley, Robert10
Cooper, Mary8
Cooper, Mary (1761)8
Young, Edward (1683-1765)4
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope3
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of (1694-1773)3
Whitehead, William (1715-1785)3
Boleyn, Anne2
Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536)2

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The complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality

Young, Edward (1683-1765); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Anonymous. By Edward Young. Title page in red and black. Signatures: [A]² [B]⁴ C-G⁴. First edition. Fly-title on sig. B1: "Night the fourth. The Christian triumph. Containing our only cur...

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Irene: : a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

MDCCXLIX. [1749]

With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. First edition.

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The Roman father, : a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1750

Last two leaves (F7-8) blank. With a half-title.

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Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth : An epistle

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536); Henry king of England (1491-1547); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Signatures: [A]-D².

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Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth : An epistle

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536); Henry king of England (1491-1547); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Signatures: [A]-D².

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Verses on the grotto at Twickenham

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

The Latin translations are by Robert Dodsley. No.IV, in Greek, is signed, "W.H. ex aula S. Mariae, Oxon." No.VI, The cave of Pope, is by Dodsley. With the English text.

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The pantheon : a vision

Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1747

With a half-title. Signatures: A-D⁴. Title vignette, initial, head- and tail-piece. A different work from "The pantheon, a poem". Anonymous. By Sir William Blackstone Sometimes ascribed to -...

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The complaint. Or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality : Night the fifth

Young, Edward (1683-1765); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Anonymous. By Edward Young. Fly-title A3 reads: "Night the fifth. The relapse. Humbly inscribed to the Right honourable the Earl of Litchfield". Title vignette, head pieces. Possibly this part w...

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Night the second : On time, death, friendship. Humbly inscrib'd to the Right honourable the Earl of Wilmington

Young, Edward (1683-1765); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Thomas (1743)

M,DCC,XLII

With half-title: "The complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality". Title vignette; head-piece. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F². First edition. With advertisement on half-title v...

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The blind beggar of Bethnal Green

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

1741

P. [5] is advertisement for Dodsley's Publick Register. With half-title.

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Night the third : Narcissa. Humbly inscrib'd to her Grace the Dutchess of P------

Young, Edward (1683-1765); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Thomas (1743)

M,DCC,XLII

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ E¹. First edition. With half-title: "The complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality". Anonymous. By Edward Young. With advertisement on half-title v...

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The king and the miller of Mansfield : a dramatick tale

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

1737

First edition. Head-piece; initial. Also published under title: The miller of Mansfield.

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