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Total number of records: 5790

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
english poetry	195
english essays	162
english language	162
english drama	117
english literature	110
theater	75
chapbooks, scottish	53
poets, english	38
ethics	31
authors, english	29

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	168
United States	29
France	28
Italy	26
Europe	19
England	17
America	11
Ireland	9
Scotland	9
Spain	7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)	194
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)	155
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)	138
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)	122
Chalmers, Alexander (1759-1834)	113
Chalmers, Alexander	112
Bell, John (1745-1831)	105
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)	100
Bell, John	98
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)	97

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	1
From 1600	92
From 1700	2127
From 1800	3570

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	1
Up to 1699	87
Up to 1799	2041
Up to 1899	3661

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English G-0.02/SHA

Fools and jesters : with a reprint of Robert Armin's Nest of ninnies 1608

Armin, Robert (fl. 1610); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1842

With reproduction of original t.-p.: A Nest of Ninnies, Simply of themselves without Compound... By Robert Armin. London, Printed by T.E. for Iohn Deane. 1608.

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Sir Thomas More : a play, now first printed

Dyce, Alexander (1798-1869); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1844

Attributed to Anthony Muncy and also, in parts, to Shakespeare.

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The diary of Philip Henslowe, from 1591 to 1609

Henslowe, Philip (1616); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883)

1845

Contains forged interpolations ascribed to Collier. cf. Catalogue of the manuscripts and muniments, Alleyn's college at Dulwich, by G. F. Warner, 1881, p. xxxvi-xlvii; Henslowe's Diary, ed. by W. W. G...

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An apology for actors : In three books

Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1841

With reproduction of original t.-p. Edited by John Payne Collier.

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The first and second parts of King Edward IV : Histories

Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Field, Barron (1786-1846); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1842

Reprinted from the unique black letter first edition of 1600... and with those of 1619 and 1626. Vol. V, no. 1, in the L. C. set, with general t.-p.: The dramatic works of Thomas Heywood... vol. I ....

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The royal king, and loyal subject; A woman killed with kindness : Two plays

Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1850

With reproductions of original title-pages, 1637 and 1607.

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Two historical plays on the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth

Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1851

With reprint of original title-pages: If you know not me, you know no bodie; Or, The troubles of Queene Elizabeth. [Wood-cut of Queen Elizabeth] At London, Printed for Nathaniel Butter. 1605. The seco...

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English G-0.02/SHA

John a Kent and John a Cumber : a comedy

Munday, Anthony (1553-1633); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1851

With reproductions of original title-pages. "List of Anthony Munday's works": p. lvi-lxxii.

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Eight novels employed by English dramatic poets of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.Originally published by Barnaby Riche in the year 1581, and reprinted from a copy of that date in the Bodleian library

Rich, Barnabe (1540?-1617); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1846

With reproduction of original t.-p.: Riche his Farewell to militarie profession: conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme, Gathered together... by Barnabe Riche ... Imprinted at ...

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English A-0.04/RIT

Bibliographia poetica: a catalogue of Engleish [sic] poets of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth, centurys, with a short account of their works

Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803)

1802

By Joseph Ritson.

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Ralph Roister Doister : a comedy. and, The tragedie of Gorboduc

Udall, Nicholas (1505-1556); Norton, Thomas (1532-1584); Dorset, Thomas Sackville Earl of (1536-1608); Cooper, William Durrant (1812-1875); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1847

A later edition of Gorboduc, authorized, appeared in 1570-71 under title: The Tragedie of Ferrex and Porrex set forth without addition or alteration.

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English J-0.31/NIC

Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.1)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...