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Eusebia triumphans. The Hanover succession to the imperial crown of England, an heroick poem.
Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.Date: 1705- Books
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An accurate tho' compendious encomium on the most illustrious persons, whose monuments are erected in Westminster-Abbey. An heroic poem, in Latin and English. By a gentleman, late of Baliol College, Oxford.
Gentleman late of Baliol College, Oxford.Date: M.DCC.XLIX. [1749]- Books
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Eusebia triumphans. The Hanover succession to the imperial crown of England, an heroick poem.
Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.Date: 1704- Books
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Eusebia triumphans. The Hannover succession to the imperial crown of England, an heroick poem.
Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.Date: 1702- Books
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Howe triumphant! Or, the glorious first of June. An heroic poem. By Romaine Joseph Thorn, Author of Clito and Delia-Mad Gallop, or a Trip to Devizes-Retirement-Bristolia, &c.
Thorn, Romaine Joseph.Date: [1794]- Books
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Fuit hæc sapientia quondam - concubitu prohibere vago, dare jura maritis.
University of Cambridge.Date: 1758]- Books
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A New copy of verses, intituled and called, Lady Godiva's farewell to Coventry. Tune, - Vicar of Bray.
Date: 1784]- Books
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The works of Homer, the celebrated Grecian poet: including new and complete editions of the Iliad, and the Odyssey; Those very celebrated and universally-admited Epic or Heroic Poems. The Iliad-in twenty four Books-Being composed on the Subject of the memorable Siege of Troy-Interspersed with the most beautiful Allegories, and containing a most sublime Description of the Battles between the Greeks and Trojans, during a Ten Years Siege, in which the Great and Valiant Achilles, the principal Hero of the War, after his Reconciliation with Agamemnon, slew Hector with his own Hand, and afterwards dragged the Corpse at his Chariot. Wheels round the Walls of Troy. Comprizing a great Variety of valuable and useful Maxims on Military Discipline, Stratagem, Exploits in Civil Affairs, Politics, Virtue, Resolution, Prudence, Oeconomy, and, in short, respecting all the various Offices and Duties of Human Life; and affording the most important, agreeable, and entertaining Instruction, conveyed in the most lively Manner, to Mankind in general. The Odyssey-Composed also in Twenty-Four Books-And containing, among a Variety of other useful and entertaining Particulars, a most magnificent and delightful Description of the Voyages and Adventures of the wise and venerable Ulysses, King of Ithaca, in Greece, and one of the Princes who conducted the Siege of Troy, during his Absence for Twenty Years from his Queen Penelope. Exhibiting not only a just Picture of the Ancient Grecians, but a beautiful System of Morality, Wisdom, Fortitude, Perseverance, Moderation and Temperance, instructive to all Degrees of Men, and filled with striking Images, Similies, Examples, and Precepts of Civil and Domestic Life. Including also that other excellent Piece of Homer, entitled The battle of the frogs and mice -in Three Books-A very beautiful, ingenious, satyrical, and interesting Production, replete with Wit, Humour, and Entertainment, allegorically describing the Valour and Intrepidity of those sagacious Animals. Carefully translated from the original Greek. In the Execution of this New and Improved Edition, all former Editors and Commentators on Homer will be carefully consulted and attended to, viz. Eustathius, Dacies, Ogilby, Chapman, Dryden, Parnel, Warburton, &c. particularly that hitherto most esteemed Translation by Alex. Pope, Esq. Illustrated with large and valuable notes, Critical, Historical, Philosophical, Allegorical, Poetical, Scholastic, Political, Moral, Entertaining, Philological, and Explanatory. Comprehending the most salutary Reflections and useful Remarks, with many important References to Ancient Mythology, Geography, and Universal History, &c. &c. - To which will be carefully added, The Arguments at large to every Book or Chapter, and the most Authentic Memoirs of the Life of Homer; as also A New Essay on Homer's Battdes, &c. and a Complete Geographical Table of the Towns, &c. in Homer's Catalogue of Greece. Being the most perfect and beautiful Edition of Homer ever published, and calculated to accommodate and please every Class of Readers. The whole embellished with A most Superb Set of Grand Quarto copper-plates, Designed and engraved by the most Capital Artists: so that these Elegant Engravings will alone be worth more than the Purchase-Money of the whole Work. The whole revised, corrected, and improved by William Henry Melmoth, Esq. Editor of the New and Beautiful Quarto Edition of Telemachus,-The New Abridgment of the Roman History, &c. &c.
Homer.Date: [1780]- Books
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The run-awayes return : or, the poor penniless pilgrim.
Date: M.DC.LXV. [1665]- Books
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A statute for swearers and drunkards, or Forsake now your follies, your booke cannot saue you, for if you sweare and be drunke, the stockes will haue you : To the tune of When canons are roaring.
Date: [1624]- Books
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The Oxfordshire garland. In four parts
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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The Fox-chace or, The loyal blues. Tune - and a hunting we will go.
Date: 1784]- Books
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Upon the most hopefull and ever-flourishing sprouts of valour, the indefatigable centrys of the physick-garden.
J. D. (John Drope), 1626-1670Date: Printed, 1666- Books
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Londons disease, and cure: being a soveraigne receipt against the plague, for prevention sake. By John Qvarles, philo-medicus.
Quarles, John, 1624-1665Date: 1665- Books
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Londons Lord have mercy upon us : A true relation of seven modern plagues or visitations in London with the number of those that were buried of all diseases; viz the first in the year of Queen Elizabeth, anno 1592. The second in the year 1603 the third in (that never to be forgotten year) 1625. The fourth in anno 1630. The fift in the year 1636. The sixt in the year 1637. and 1638 the seventh this present year 1665.
Date: 1665- Books
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The beginning, progress, and end of man.
Date: 1654- Books
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Englands monethly observations and predictions, for the yeare of our blessed Saviour, 1653 : Fore-told by those two famous astrologers of our age, Mr. William Lilly, and Mr. Culpeper. The tune is. Faire angel of England.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: [1653]- Books
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A collection of historical and state poems, satyrs, songs, and epigrams. Being the [fifth] volume of miscellanies. By the author of the London-Spy. Consisting of the following Poems: I. The Cavalcade, &c. II The Hudibrastic Brewer. III. The L. Whiglove's Elegy. IV. An Epitaph upon the late Bishop of - V. St. Paul's Church, &c. VI. The British Wonders. Vii. Rustica Academiae Oxoniensis, &c. Latin and English. Viii. The Warwick Lady. IX. The Cuckoldy Yeoman. X. The English Foreigners. XI. The Conforming Parson. XII. An humble Offering to the best of Queens, &c. In all Seventy odd Poems, besides some Prose.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: [1717]- Books
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A catalogue of a curious collection of books: containing Ten Thousand Volumes, in all Branches of Learning, of the best Authors, In Divinity, History, the Greek and Roman Historians, Poets, Orators, &c. Poetry, Painting, Medicine, Surgery, Philosophy, Mathematicks, &c. in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and English. The Books are in elegant Condition. Amongst which are the following, General Dictionary, 10 vol. Dict. de Bayle, 5 tom. Par. Dict. de Trevaux, 5 tom. Dict. de Moreri, 6 tom. H. Stephani Thesaur. cum Glossar. 5 tom. Char. min. Suidae Lexic. 3 tom. Ch. max. & min. Constantini Lexicon, Edit. opt. Doleti Comment. Ling. Lat. 2 tom. Plutarchi Opera, Gr. Lat. 2 t. Par. Plinii Harduini, 3 t. Ch. max. & min. Aristophanes Kissteri, Gr. & Lat. Lucian Bourdeletius - Polybius Casauboni - Zenoph. Leunelavii Dion. Halicarnassus, Hudsoni, 2 tom. Diod. Siculus Rhodomanni Gale's Herodotus-Paufanias Khunii Pindar, Gr. Lat. Ox. - Strabo 1707 Buckley's Thuanus, 7 tom. Septuaginta, Graece, Romae Com. Prayer of Edward VI. 1st Edit. Critici Sacri, 9 tom. Picart's Ovid, fine Cuts Works of Tillotson, 3 vol. - Barrow. 2 vol. - Jackson, 3 vol. - Bingham, 2 vol. - Prideaux, 2 vol. -Clarke, 4 vol. - Beveridge, 2 vol. &c. New System of Geography, 2 vol. Universal History, 8 vol. Moreton's Northamptonshire, large and small Paper, and several of the Counties. State Trials, 8 vol. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Spence's Polymetis, fine Cuts Salmon's Modern History, 3 vol. Giannone's Naples, 2 vol. Locke's Works, 3 vol. Hawkins's Scatutes, 6 vol. and 7 vol. of Acts Anstis's Regist. of the Garter, 2 vol. Cooper's Anarom and on the Muscles Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. coloured Wallis Opera omnia, 3 tom. Hooke's Micrographia. With many Hundreds more in Folio, Quarto and Octavo, equally good, which will be Sold (very cheap) the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on Monday the 15th of May 1749, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Round Court in the Strand, against York-Buildings. Catalogues to be had Gratis at the following Booksellers, viz. Mr. Strahan's, Cornhill; Mr. Osborne's, Pater-Noster-Row; Mr. Lewis's, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Brindley's, in New-Bond-Street, Mr. Jackson's, in St. James's street; Mr. Owen's, next the Devil Tavern, Fleet-Street; and at the Place of Sale: Where may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1749]- Books
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A catalogue of a large collection of the best books, in all parts of learning, in Greek, Latin, French, Italian and English; containing Several Curious Libraries, Lately purchased. Amongst which are the following: Folio. Buck's Views of Ruins, &c. 4 v. russia leather Journals of the H. of Commons, 27 vol. Teniers Gallery Patrick and Lowth, 4 vol. Bible, with cuts, in morocco. Another, large paper, by Basket James's Medicinal Dictionary, 3 vol. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Dugdale's Warwickshire, 2 vol. Hen. Stephani Thesaur. Ling. Gr. 5 tom. ch. max. Heads of Illust. Men, l. pap. 1st impress. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Dugdale's Monasticon, 3 vol. Rapin and Tindal's Continuation, 4 vol. Gibson's Cambden, 2 vol. Temple's Works, 2 vol. l. paper Platonis Opera, Gr. Lat. Serrani, 3 vol. Polybius, Casauboni Euripides. Barnesii Plutarch. Xylandri, 2 tom. Demosthenes, Wolsii Josephus, Havercampi, 2 tom. Diodorus Siculus, Wesseling, 2 tom. Dion. Cassius, Reimari, 2 tom. Aristophanes, Kusteri Athenaeus, Casauboni Pausanias, Kuhnii Boyle's Works, 5 vol. Folio. Bacon's Works, 3 vol. Harris's Voyages, by Campbell, 2 vol. Norden's Travels, 2 vol. Pocock's Travels, 2 vol. russia leather Antiquit. par Montsaucon, 15 t. gr. pap. L'art de Guerre, par Puysegur, 2 t. Par. Davila Hist. Civil di Francia, 2 tom. Dictionaries, viz. Ainsworth, 2 v. Bayle, 5 vol. Chambers and Supplem. 4 vol. Postlethwayte, 2 vol. Johnson, 2 vol. Calmet, 3 vol. Miller's - Bailey, by Scott - Somner's Saxon - Davis's Welsh Du Fresne Glossar. Lat. 6 tom. Pitischi Lex Antiq. Roman. 2 tom. Hoffmanni. Lexicon, 4 tom. Dictionaire de Bayle, 5 tom. Par. Dictionaire de Moreri, 8 tom. rel. in russ. Dictionaire de Richelet, 3 tom. Dictionaire de Menage, 2 tom. Vocab[u]lario della Crusca. 6 tom. Clarke's Works, 4 vol. Cay's Statutes at Large, 6 vol. Cay's Abridgm. Statutes, 2 vol. Mac Dowal's Institutes, 3 vol. Peere Williams, 3 vol. Caresby's Carolina, 2 vol. Hippocrates & Galen, a Charterii, cum fig. 13 tom. Which will be sold (for Ready Money only) the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on Monday, July 14, 1760, and continue on Sale till all are sold. By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, Next the Mews-Gate, in Castle-Street, St. Martin's. Catalogues to be had (price 6 d.) at the following Booksellers, viz. Mr. Ward's, Cornhill; H. Payne, Pater-Noster Row; Lewis, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden; Owen, Temple-Bar; Robson (late Brindley's) New Bond-Street; Jackson, St. James's-Street; Walter, Charing-Cross; Mess. Merril and Matthews, at Cambridge; at Child's Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and at the Place of Sale.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1760]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 12th century - 14th centuryReference: MS.801A- Books
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A compleat melody: or, the harmony of Sion. In three books. Containing, I. A New, and Compleat Introduction to the Grounds of Music, Theoretical and Practical, Vocal and Instrumental: Teaching all its Rudiments, and Composition in all its Branches, by way of Dialogue, in a New and easy Method. With all the usual Terms used in Music, as deriv'd from the Greek, Latin, French, Italian, &c. - In Twelve Chapters. II. The Psalms of David New Tun'd: Which Music expresses the true Sense and Sound of the Words, more than any extant. With a Table of all the Tunes, and what Psalms are proper to each Tune; and a Table of Psalms suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England, &c. With Gloria Patri's suited to the Measures of every Psalm in the Book. III. A New, and Select Number of Divine Hymns, and Easy Anthems, on various Occasions: With a Scale of Music proper for either Voice, Organ, Virginals, Harpsicord, or Spinnet. With several Canons of Two, Three, and Four Parts in One. To which is added, Te Deum, and Magnificat, and a Chanting-Tune for the Reading-Psalms. The Whole is Composed in Two, Three, and Four Musical Parts, according to the most Authentic Rules; and set down in Score, (and Figur'd) for either Voice or Organ, &c. By William Tans'ur, Author of The Melody of the Heart. And the Beauty of Holiness. according to his Original Manuscript: With large Additions.
Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1744]- Books
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For 1792. A catalogue, of a fine and useful collection of ancient and modern books, (lately purchased), in all languages and sciences, The whole forming an Assemblage, of more then Twenty Thousand Volumes, in Maps Books of Prints History Antiquities Voyages Travels Philosophy Arts and Sciences Mathematicks Natural History Gardening Husbandry Trade Poetry Miscellanies Divinity Latin French, Italian, &c. Which are now selling remarkably Cheap, By Shepperson and Reynolds, booksellers, No. 137, Oxford Street. Who give the utmost Value for Libraries or Parcels of Books, and Exchange Books on the most Liberal Plan. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale, and of the following Booksellers: - Mr. Sewell, Cornhill; Meffieurs Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; Mr. Brown, Corner of Essex-Street, Strand; Mr. Debrett, Piccadilly, London: Mess. Merrill, Cambridge; and Mess. Cook and Fletcher, Oxford.
Shepperson and Reynolds.Date: 1792]- Books
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Bibliotheca curiosa. Or a catalogue of a select parcel of books, in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French and English, being the library of Mr. Edward Hunt, deceased. N. B. The Books are in Excellent Condition, many Curiously Bound, and all Gilt on the Back and Letter'd. Among which are the following in Folio. Bayle's Dictionary, 4 vol. compleat Large and small Paper. Pool's Annotations, 2 vol. Giannone's Hist. of Naples, 2 vol. Vertot's Knights of Malta, 71 fine Heads. Tillotson's Works, 3 vol. Burnet's Hist. of his own Time, 2 v. Machiavel's Works, best. Lives of the Painters, 120 fine Heads Sir John Norris's Maps. Prior's Poems, large Paper. Hall's Chronicle. Voyages de Thevenot, 2 vol. Etat. de la France, par Bouillainvilliers, 3 tom. Livii-Vasc. De Chales Cursus Mathemat, 4 tom. Crusius Turco-Graecia. Virgilii Opera, fine Cuts. Demosthenis, Gr. - Benenat. Dryden's Virgil, fine Cuts. Quarto. De Moivres Chances. Emblemata Mich. Majori, fig. Voyages de Labat, 2 tom. fig. Perspective des Jesuites, 3 tom. fig. De Cameron di Boccace, per Rolli. Verona illustrata, par Maffei, fig. 4 tom. Cellarii Geograph. 2 tom. - Cant. Marianae de rebus Hisp. XXX. 2 v. Callimachus - H. Steph. Octavo. Clarendon's Hist. 6 vol. Cuts. Fleetwood's Chronicon. Annals of Q. Anne, 11 vol. compl. Vida del Don Quixot, 2 tom. Greek Test. R. Steph. 1549, beautifully bound. Several good Variorums. Hearn's Camden, 3 vol. Spectators, 16 vol. Many of the rest equally good. To be sold very Cheap, on Wednesday the 27th instant, 1735, and to continue Selling Daily 'till all are Sold, by Olive Payne, Bookseller, At Horace's Head in Round-Court, in the Strand. Catalogues to be had gratis, with the Prices printed, at the Place of sale. Where may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of books in any Language. N. B. At the said O. Payne's continues the Sales of the Libraries of Peter Baudoin, Esq; the Rev. Mr. Brown, and J. Tyrrel, Esq; all deceased. Being Two Catalogues of upwards of Ten Thousand Volumes, with the Prices printed. Baudoin's and Brown's Catalogue being very large 1s. Tyrrel's 6d.
Payne, Olive, active 1731-1739.Date: 1735]- Books
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Catalogue of books, prints, and books of prints; being the collection of a gentleman of distinguished taste, which will begin to be sold by auction, on Monday the 29th of April, 1799, by James Vallance, at his Sale Room, No. 6, Eustance-Street; Among which are the following: Hume's history of England, Bower's superb edition, 37 nos. with first impressions of the plates. Grose's England and Wales, 8 vol. - English armory, 2 vol. - Ancient armory with plates, fine impressions, bound uniform. Ireland's medway-Thames and Avon, proof impressions. Memoirs of Count Gramont, with 70 plates, fine impressions. ... Naturalist's magazine, 7 vol. plates, coloured. Donovan's British birds, 3 vol. plates, coloured. Stockdale's editions of Thomson's seasons,-Robinson Crusoe, 2 vol.-s̆op's fables, 2 vol. and gay's fables, with fine plates, elegantly bound. Lavater's essays on physiognomy, 3 vol. with plates, elegant. A fine collection of the most correct and valuable editions of the classic authors, among which are those published by Barbou-Elzevir-Mattaire-Wakefield-Heyne-Hawkey-Baskerville Brindley, &c &c. The British classics, published by parsons and cook, &c. A very curious and elegant collection of English and Scotch poetry. Johnson's edition of the poets, with their lives, 75 vol. elegantly bound. - and Stevens's Shakespear, 15 vol. best edition, elegan. Dodsley's old plays, 12 vol. elegant. Minor Theatre, 7 vol. with plates, bound in blue Morocco. With a number of others equally valuable, and the whole in very elegant bindings. The sheet prints consist of a selection, after the pictures of the first Italian, French, Flemish and English masters. Gentlemen who cannot attend the sale, may have their commissions executed by James Vallance.-Hours of sale from 12 o'clock until 4 each day.
Vallance, James.Date: 1799]