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English Literature20
Brotherton Collection19
Ripon Cathedral1
Cookery Collection1

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pamphlets20
rare books6
english poetry5
incunabula4
epigrams, english4
classical literature4
quotations, english3
actors1
theater1
libraries1

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Oldys, William (1696-1761)38
Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)20
Park, Thomas (1759-1834)20
Oldys, William17
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)4
Maittaire, Michael (1667-1747)4
Osborne, Thomas4
Maittaire, Michael4
Johnson, Samuel4
Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 1689-17414

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The history of the English state, from the restauration to the present time : Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, state, pulpit are distinctly considered

Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710); Oldys, William (1696-1761); Curll, Edmund (1675-1747); Egerton, William

1741

Pages 30 and 31 (2d seq.) misnumbered 31 and 30 respectively. Includes table of contents. Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. Dedication signed: E. Curll. "A compilation by Oldys et al,...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.1)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.2)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.3)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.4)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.5)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.6)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.7)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.8)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.9)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (v.10)

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Park, Thomas (1759-1834); Oxford, Edward Harley Earl of (1689-1741)

1808-13

Reprint, with corrections, of the original 1744-46 edition. Volume 9-10 being the first (-second) supplemental volume of miscellaneous pieces, not included in the former edition. Selected and prepar...

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A critical and historical account of all the celebrated libraries in foreign countries, as well ancient as modern, and particularly the Vatican : with general reflections upon the choice of books, and the method of furnishing libraries : a work of great use to all men of letters

Oldys, William (1696-1761); Kelly, John (1680?-1751); Le Gallois Sieur (fl. 1672-1680)

1740

An abridged translation (variously attributed to John Kelly and William Oldys) of Pierre Le Gallois' Traitté des plus belles bibliothèques de l'Éurope.

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