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Byrom, John19
Byrom, John (1692-1763)12
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Jones, Thomas5
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Bibliotheca Chethamensis : sive Bibliothecæ publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos (v.1)

Radcliffe, John keeper of the Chetham library; Greswell, William Parr (1765-1854); Jones, Thomas (1810-1875); Byrom, John (1692-1763); Chetham's Library

1791-1883

Vol. 1-2 paged continuously. Vol. 1-2: Edidit Joannes Radcliffe. 1791; v. 3; Contexuit, indices adjecit, atque edidit Gulielmus Parr Greswell. 1826.; v. 4-5: Edidit Thomas Jones. 1862-3. Vol. 3 ("...

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Bibliotheca Chethamensis : sive Bibliothecæ publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos (v.2)

Radcliffe, John keeper of the Chetham library; Greswell, William Parr (1765-1854); Jones, Thomas (1810-1875); Byrom, John (1692-1763); Chetham's Library

1791-1883

Vol. 1-2 paged continuously. Vol. 1-2: Edidit Joannes Radcliffe. 1791; v. 3; Contexuit, indices adjecit, atque edidit Gulielmus Parr Greswell. 1826.; v. 4-5: Edidit Thomas Jones. 1862-3. Vol. 3 ("...

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Bibliotheca Chethamensis : sive Bibliothecæ publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos (v.3)

Radcliffe, John keeper of the Chetham library; Greswell, William Parr (1765-1854); Jones, Thomas (1810-1875); Byrom, John (1692-1763); Chetham's Library

1791-1883

Vol. 1-2 paged continuously. Vol. 1-2: Edidit Joannes Radcliffe. 1791; v. 3; Contexuit, indices adjecit, atque edidit Gulielmus Parr Greswell. 1826.; v. 4-5: Edidit Thomas Jones. 1862-3. Vol. 3 ("...

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Bibliotheca Chethamensis : sive Bibliothecæ publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos (v.4)

Radcliffe, John keeper of the Chetham library; Greswell, William Parr (1765-1854); Jones, Thomas (1810-1875); Byrom, John (1692-1763); Chetham's Library

1791-1883

Vol. 1-2 paged continuously. Vol. 1-2: Edidit Joannes Radcliffe. 1791; v. 3; Contexuit, indices adjecit, atque edidit Gulielmus Parr Greswell. 1826.; v. 4-5: Edidit Thomas Jones. 1862-3. Vol. 3 ("...

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Bibliotheca Chethamensis : sive Bibliothecæ publicæ Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham armigero fundatæ catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos (v.5)

Radcliffe, John keeper of the Chetham library; Greswell, William Parr (1765-1854); Jones, Thomas (1810-1875); Byrom, John (1692-1763); Chetham's Library

1791-1883

Vol. 1-2 paged continuously. Vol. 1-2: Edidit Joannes Radcliffe. 1791; v. 3; Contexuit, indices adjecit, atque edidit Gulielmus Parr Greswell. 1826.; v. 4-5: Edidit Thomas Jones. 1862-3. Vol. 3 ("...

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Title: The melancholy shepherd

Author: Byrom, John

Date(s): 1714 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 15

Contents: Pastoral in which a shepherd laments the contrast between his previous

happiness and present sorrow since his beloved has left him. 4 lines

accidentally repeated, 2 at end probably omitted.

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Title: A song

Author: Byrom, John

Date(s): 1714 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 93

Contents: Pastoral in which a shepherd laments the contrast between his previous happiness and present sorrow since his beloved has left him; some variation from the published text

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Title: Tunbridge

Author: Byrom, John

Date(s): 1726 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 7

Contents: Conversational description of the delights of Tunbridge Wells, following the

course of a day, in the form of a letter to a friend

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Title: Verses spoken at the breaking up of the Free Grammar School in Manchester, on Thursday Dec the 14th 1758. The Three Black Crows. A Tale

Author: Byrom, John

Attribution: Dr Byrom

Date(s): 1758 (title)

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Humorous poem, centered around the words 'three black crows', concerned with misunderstanding and exaggeration.

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Title: Contentment or the happy Workman's Song

Author: Byrom, John

Attribution: Dr Byrom (title)

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Song of a contented workman needing nothing more than his health and his work, and believing his worldly position bequeathed to him by God.

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Title: Dr Byroms Charge to the Clergy

Author: Byrom, John

Attribution: Dr Byrom

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Plea to the clergy to consider the manner in which a sermon is preached as well as its content.

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Title: Dr Byrom, on buying the picture of F. Malebranche, to Henry Wright of Mobberley Esqr

Author: Byrom, John

Attribution: Dr Byrom

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Light-hearted conversational piece, in the form of a letter, celebrating the purchase at auction of a portrait of Father Nicolas Malebranche

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