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BC Lt d/ALE
BC Lt d/ALE
1638
STC 353.
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BC Lt d/ARB
BC Lt d/ARB
Annus mirabilis, or, The wonderful effects of the approaching conjunction of the planets Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)
1723
By John Arbuthnot. Cf. ESTC.
One page of advertisements at end.
The Cambridge bibliography includes this among Arbuthnot's authentic works.
Imprint from colophon.
Predicts the transformation o...
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BC Lt d/CIB
BC Lt d/CIB
The tragical history of King Richard III : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1751
Titlepage in red and black.
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BC Lt quarto BEA
Fifty comedies and tragedies
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)
1679
New edition.
Portrait of Fletcher, by Marshall.
Many errors in pagination. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 138 [Sig. T1] (130), 143 [Sig. T4] (135), 15 (13...
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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy
Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)
1735
Extracted from v. 2 of the 1735 edition of The dramatick works of John Dryden.
Signatures: I-M12 (I1 frontispiece).
Title in red and black.
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BC Lt d/OVI
BC Lt d/OVI
All Ovids Elegies : 3. bookes
Ovid; Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593); Davies, Sir John (1569-1626); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637)
[ca. 1630]
Elegy 15 in Book I is given in two versions, the 2d entitled "the same by B.I." and is supposed to be Ben Jonson's earliest published work.
Signatures: A-F8.
C. M. is Christopher Marlowe and J. D....
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BC Lt q/MAR
Miscellaneous poems
Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678); Marvell, Mary
1681
First edition.
With a preface to the reader signed Mary Marvell (i.e. Palmer, Andrew Marvell's house-keeper), stating "Printed according to the exact copies of my late dear husband".
Issue with ce...
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BC Lt/DAN
BC Lt/DAN
The civile wares betweene the howses of Lancaster and Yorke
Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619); Daniel, John (fl.1625)
1609
Edited by John Daniel.
Engraved t.p., with port.
Initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Side-notes.
A poem.
Signatures: A-C⁴(A⁴ blank)D-QR⁴.
"Faults escaped": p. [1] at end.
Leaf E4 (pp....
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BC Lt/LAC
BC Lt/LAC
Sauny the Scott, or, The taming of the shrew : a comedy : as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal
Lacy, John (1681); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1698
A prose alteration of: The taming of the shrew / William Shakespeare.
Cf. Spencer's Shakespeare improved, p. 274-281.
First edition.
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BC Lt/TAT
BC Lt/TAT
The history of King Lear : Acted at the Duke's theatre
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1681
First edition.
P.11 is unnumbered.
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The ingratitude of a common-wealth : or, The fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1682
Originally planned to be included in the Variorum Coriolanus... This ed. is limited to twenty-five copies.
Alteration of: Coriolanus / William Shakespeare.
First ed. of this alteration. Cf. DNB.
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BC Lt/SHI
BC Lt/SHI
Hide Parke : a comedie
Shirley, James (1596-1666)
1637
"As it was presented by Her Majesties servants, at the private house in Drury Lane."
First edition.