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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. 1343-1400. The Workes of our Ancient and lerned English Poet.... London: George Bishop, 1602.
MINSHEU, JOHN. 1560-1627. Hegemon eis tas glossas; id est, Ductor in linguas, The Guide into Tongues. London: John Browne, 1617.
[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.] [Apocryphal play.] The first part of the true & honorable history, of the life of Sir John Old-Castle, the good Lord Cobham ... by William Shakespeare. London: [W. Jaggard] for T[homas] P[avier], 1600 [but 1619].
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Measure, for Measure [Extracted from the First Folio]. [London: Isaac Jaggard..., 1623.]
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Macbeth: A Tragedy. Acted at the Dukes-Theatre. London: printed for William Cademan, 1673.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1546-1616. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Adapted by Sir William Davenant (1606-1668). London: Printed by Andrew Clark for J. Martyn and H. Herringman, 1676.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1654-1616. The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A comedy as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Adapted by Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) and John Dryden (1631-1700). London: by J. Macock for Henry Herringman, 1676.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. Troilus and Cressida; or, truth found too late. A tragedy as it is acted at the Dukes Theatre. London: for Abel Swall and Jacob Tonson, 1679.
[SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1654-1616.] TATE, NAHUM. The History of King Lear. Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Reviv'd with Alterations. By N. Tate. London: Printed for E. Flesher, sold by R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1681.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Tate, Nahun. The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth: or, The fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal. London: T.M. for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Julius Caesar. A Tragedy. London: Hen[ry] Heringman and R. Bentley, 1684.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. London: [Robert Roberts and others for] H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Macbeth, A Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. London: Printed for Hen. Herringman, sold by Jos. Knight and Fra. Saunders, 1687.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus, of the Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, A Tragedy.... London: Printed by J.B. for J. Hindmarsh, 1687.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. The Tempest. Or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy. London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, sold by R. Bentley, 1690.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. Julius Caesar: a Tragedy as it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Henry Herringman, 1691.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. K. Henry IV. With the humours of Sir John Falstaff. A Tragi-comedy. London: Printed for R.W. and Sold by John Deeve, 1700.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. GRANVILLE, GEORGE. 1666-1735. Editor. The Jew of Venice. A Comedy. London: Printed for Ber[nard] Lintott, 1701.
HOWELL, JAMES. 1594-1666. The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis. Consisting of a Mask and a Comedy. London: Henry Herringman, 1654.
PHILLIPS, EDWARD. 1630-1696. The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary.... London: Nathaniel Brooke, 1658.
WYCHERLEY, WILLIAM. 1641-1716. Love in a Wood, or, St James's Park. A Comedy. London: H. Herringman, 1672.
DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. Of Dramatick Poesie, an Essay. London: Henry Herringman, 1668.
DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery. London: Henry Herringman, 1678.
DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem [WITH: The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel]. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681-82.
DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. 3 works: 1. Britannia Rediviva. London: J. Tonson, 1688.
DAVENANT, WILLIAM. 1606-1668. The Works of Sr William Davenant Kt. London: Henry Herringman, 1673.
RESTORATION DRAMA and POETRY. Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery. Two New Tragedies: The Black Prince, and Tryphon. [AND] The History of Henry the Fifth. and the Tragedy of Mustapha. London: H. Herringman, 1669-1668.
RESTORATION DRAMA AND POETRY. DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700. All for Love: or, the World well lost. A Tragedy ... and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's stile. London, "In the Savoy": Thomas Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, 1678.
RESTORATION DRAMA. 5 titles: 1. CONGREVE, WILLIAM. 1670-1729. The Way of the World. A Comedy. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.
TONSON EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. [Various Plays.] London: J. Tonson, 1734-35. 7 vols., 12mo. Various bindings.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. [HANMER, SIR THOMAS. 1677-1746]. EDITOR. The Works of Shakespeare. Oxford: the Theatre, 1744.
MAGNA CARTA. London: J.Pine, After May, 1733.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. London: printed by W. Strahan, for Knapton, Longman, Hitch, et al., 1755.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784. Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1765.
[GRIFFITH, ELIZABETH. 1727-1793.] The Platonic Wife, a Comedy. London: W. Johnston, J. Dodsley and T. Davies, 1765.
BARLOW, FREDERICK REVEREND. The Complete English Dictionary. London; for the author, [1772].
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, revised by George Steevens. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, [1791-] 1802.
SHAKESPEAREAN FORGERIES. [IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY. 1775-1835.] Two plays: 1. Vortigern, an Historical Tragedy. London: J. Barker, 1799.
SHAKESPEAREAN FORGERIES. [IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY. 1775-1835.] The Confessions of William Henry Ireland. London: Ellerton & Byworth, 1805.
BALZAC, HONORÉ DE. 1799-1850. Works. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, [1895-1900].
BAUDU, RENÉ. 1888-1946. LOBEL-RICHE, ALMÉRY, illustrator. 1877-1950. Agora. Paris: Le Compte Des Auteurs, 1925.
BASKIN, LEONARD. 1922-2000. [Caprices, Grotesques, and Homages.] [Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, N.D. c. 1964.]
BOSWELL, JAMES. 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. together with the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides ... with Johnsoniana. London: George Bell, 1884.
BURTON, RICHARD F. 1821-1890. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights. London: Grolier Society, [1897].
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. 1788-1824. STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY. Works of Lord Byron with his letters and Journals ... edited ... by Richard Henry Stoddard. Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co., 1900
DE LA MORE PRESS. OVID. 43 B.C.E-C.17 C.E. Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses. London: Alexander Moring Ltd./De la More Press, 1904.
DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences, & Observation of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1849-November 1850
DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. Works. New York and London: The Chaucer Company, [1910].
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