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Total number of records: 239

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Books and printed items238
Archives1

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English Literature145
Brotherton Collection129
Herbert Read Collection5
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

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english poetry17
classical poetry8
satire4
poetry4
authors, latin4
cantatas, secular4
fables3
saint cecilia's day3
drama3
country life3

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)239
Dryden, John107
Virgil33
Plutarch28
Congreve, William (1670-1729)25
Publius Ovidus Naso24
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)24
Congreve, William23
Tonson, Jacob19
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)18

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Amphitryon : or, The two Socias : a comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hawkesworth, John (1715?-1773); Bell, John (1745-1831); Molière (1622-1673)

1792

Based on Molière.

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All for love : or, The world well lost : a tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Bell, John (1745-1831)

1792

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Albion and Albanius : an opera

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Grabu, Louis (1694)

1735

Detached from Dryden's Dramatick works, v.5. London, 1735.

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All for love : or, The world well lost. A tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1740

Title vignette (portrait of Shakespeare).

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Oedipus : a tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692); Sophocles; Bell, John (1745-1831)

1791

An adaptation of Sophocles.

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Amphitryon : or, the Two Socias

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1762

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Virgil

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1808

Title-page is engraved.

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Virgil

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1815

Title-page is engraved.

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The works of Virgil (v.1)

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)

1792

Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil (v.1, p. [21]-77) originally prefixed to Dryden's Works of Virgil (1697) and here ascribed to William Walsh. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 59, p. 226.

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The works of Virgil (v.2)

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)

1792

Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil (v.1, p. [21]-77) originally prefixed to Dryden's Works of Virgil (1697) and here ascribed to William Walsh. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 59, p. 226.

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The works of Virgil (v.4)

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)

1792

Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil (v.1, p. [21]-77) originally prefixed to Dryden's Works of Virgil (1697) and here ascribed to William Walsh. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 59, p. 226.

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The works of Virgil : containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis (v.1)

Virgil; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1716

Paged continuously. Vols.2-3 have no statement of edition.

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