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... ( William ) . ROXANA TRAGÆDIA . Engraved frontispiece . £ 46 FIRST AUTHORISED EDITION . Small 8vo , full morocco , uncut , by W. Pratt . London , 1632 . ( SEE ILLUSTRATION , PLATE NO . I. ) £ 25 The frontispiece of this excessively rare ...
... ( William ) . ROXANA TRAGÆDIA . Engraved frontispiece . £ 46 FIRST AUTHORISED EDITION . Small 8vo , full morocco , uncut , by W. Pratt . London , 1632 . ( SEE ILLUSTRATION , PLATE NO . I. ) £ 25 The frontispiece of this excessively rare ...
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... William Turner . 1630 . £ 3 IOS 19 ALES ( Alexander ) . COHORTATIO AD CONCORDIAM PIETATIS , ac Doctrinae Christianae defensionem , missa in patriam S. ab Alexandro Alesio Scoto . 20 Small 8vo , vellum . Lipsiae : in officina Valentini ...
... William Turner . 1630 . £ 3 IOS 19 ALES ( Alexander ) . COHORTATIO AD CONCORDIAM PIETATIS , ac Doctrinae Christianae defensionem , missa in patriam S. ab Alexandro Alesio Scoto . 20 Small 8vo , vellum . Lipsiae : in officina Valentini ...
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... Williams , A.M. Small 8vo . Old calf ( rebacked ) . Boston , Printed by William M'Alpine , 1774 . £ 5 5s 40 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE . A Full and Faithful Report of the Debates in Both Houses of Parliament on Monday the 17th of February ...
... Williams , A.M. Small 8vo . Old calf ( rebacked ) . Boston , Printed by William M'Alpine , 1774 . £ 5 5s 40 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE . A Full and Faithful Report of the Debates in Both Houses of Parliament on Monday the 17th of February ...
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... William CECIL , LORD Burleigh . 47 ARISTOTLE . OPUSCULA . ( In Greek . ) 78 4to . Frankfort , 1584 . FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM CECIL , LORD BURLEIGH . Bound in contemporary calf , with Lord Burleigh's Arms stamped in ...
... William CECIL , LORD Burleigh . 47 ARISTOTLE . OPUSCULA . ( In Greek . ) 78 4to . Frankfort , 1584 . FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM CECIL , LORD BURLEIGH . Bound in contemporary calf , with Lord Burleigh's Arms stamped in ...
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... William Rawley . With engraved portrait of Bacon . FIRST EDITION . Folio . Original calf . London , Printed by Sarah Griffin for William Lee , 1657 . £ 7 155 The " Resuscitatio " is a collection of English pieces and translations . Each ...
... William Rawley . With engraved portrait of Bacon . FIRST EDITION . Folio . Original calf . London , Printed by Sarah Griffin for William Lee , 1657 . £ 7 155 The " Resuscitatio " is a collection of English pieces and translations . Each ...
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Acted Anno Author BLACK LETTER boards Bound by Riviere Charles Church Circa Collection Colophon Comedy containing continued curious David Garrick dedicated Discourse divers Duke Earl Edinburgh Edward England English engraved frontispiece engraved plates engraved portrait engraved title Folio Francis French Full morocco gilt g. e. London George Half morocco Henry Henry Herringman Henry VIII HISTORY Honourable Humphrey Moseley ILLUSTRATION Imprinted at London IOS 6d Ireland Jacob Tonson James King late Latin leaf levant morocco Lord Majesties Manuscript mottled calf numerous Old calf Original calf rebacked Original vellum Oxford Parliament play Poem Prince Printed by John published Queen of Scots rare red morocco Richard Riviere in full Robert Scotland Second Edition sewn as issued Shakespeare Small 4to Small 8vo Theatre Royal Thick small 4to Title within woodcut title-page Tonson Tragedy Translated Treatise Unbound UNIV vellum verse vols volume Wherein William William Shakespeare woodcut border written Wynkyn de Worde
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Page 176 - All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Page 176 - I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him...
Page 362 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England ; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and the Form or Manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons...
Page 458 - BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN, Compos'd at several times. Printed by his true Copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. HENRY LAWES, Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Majesties Private Musick.
Page 98 - A solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Page 607 - SENECA'S MORALS. BY WAY OF ABSTRACT TO WHICH IS ADDED, A DISCOURSE UNDER THE TITLE OF AN AFTER-THOUGHT. BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNT.
Page 640 - The Two Noble Kinsmen: Presented at the Blackfriers by the Kings Maiesties servants, with great applause: Written by the memorable Worthies of their time; Mr. John Fletcher, and Mr. William Shakspeare. Gent.
Page 715 - Imp. 4to. -Suckling (Sir John). FRAGMENTA AUREA : a Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, written by. And published by a friend to perpetuate his memory. Printed by his own copies.
Page 728 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Page 362 - ... the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.