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Brotherton Collection164
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english poetry164
classical poetry15
latin poetry7
quotations, english5
religious poetry, english4
political ballads and songs, english4
political ballads and songs4
italian poetry3
english drama3
irish poetry (in english)3

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)18
Dryden, John16
Tonson, Jacob13
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)13
Dodsley, Robert12
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)12
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)8
Oldys, William5
Pope, Alexander5
Oldys, William (1696-1761)5

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Poetical miscellanies : consisting of original poems and translations by the best hands

Jeffrey, George; Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

MDDCXIV [i.e. 1714]

With engraved frontispiece. Case records another edition in this year, with correctly printed date (279b). A pirated edition appeared in 1726, and a second authorized edition in 1727. "Contains an...

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Poetical miscellanies : consisting of original poems and translations

Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

MDCCXIV [i.e. 1714]

B4 and C4 are unsigned. P.255 is misnumbered 235.

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Miscellany poems. Containing a new translation of Virgills eclogues, Ovid's love elegies, odes of Horace, and other authors; with several originial poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Creech, Thomas (1659-1700); Scrope, Sir Carr (1649-1680); Duke, Sir Richard (1658-1711); Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701); Stepney, George (1663-1707); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)

1684

First in a series of miscellany published by Tonson, 1684-1709. Five other volumes published under various titles. First edition. Includes table of contents. "Absalom and Achitophel" (6th ed., a...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1712

Editorship attributed to Pope and contains the first appearance of Pope's The rape of the locke. Often described as "Lintott's miscellany". Includes, together with six other pieces by Pope, the fi...

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The altar of love: or, The whole art of kissing in all its varieties. Consisting of poems, and other miscellanies. By the most eminent hands. Now first collected into a volume

1731 [issued 1736?]

For variations see: Arthur E. Case: English poetical miscellanies, 340. CONTENTS. - To the reader: an essay on poetry. 1727. - The art of kissing, from Bonefonius. The request. By Mr. Bond. - Popean...

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Lyric poems : made in imitation of the Italians, of which, many are translations from other languages

Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

1687

Booklist of titles printed for H. Herringman and sold by Knight and Saunders on final page. Engraved frontispiece, with imprint of booksellers. Signatures: A-M(-A1).

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A collection of poems : viz. The temple of Death

1702

First published 1672, under title: A collection of poems, written upon several occasions. Also issued in 1695 under title: Temple of death.

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Poems on affairs of state : from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second

1703

Page 109 incorrectly numbered 119; no. 225-244, omitted in the paging. Issued bound with "State-poems: continued", 1703, the two parts together comprising Case 211 (1) (f), "a page for page reprint ...

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A collection of poems : in six volumes (v.1)

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

1766

Edited by Robert Dodsley.

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A collection of poems : in six volumes (v.2)

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

1766

Edited by Robert Dodsley.

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A collection of poems : in six volumes (v.3)

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)

1766

Edited by Robert Dodsley.

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