Collection of Old Plays, (78,) many of them published anonymously. Arranged alphabetically according to the Authors' names. 7 vols. 4to. Vol. I. (A. B.) 1. Addison's (Joseph) Cato, Tragedy. 2. Arrowsmith's ( ) Reformation, Comedy. 3. Bailey's (Ab.) Spightful Sister, Comedy. 4. Baker's (Thomas) Fine Lady's Airs, Comedy. 1713 1673 1667 [1709] 1671 1700 14. Cotton's (Charles) Horace, (from Corneille,) Tragedy. 15. Craufurd's (David) Courtship à la Mode, Comedy. 16. Dancer's (J.) Nicomede, Tragi-Comedy, (from Corneille.) With a List of English Plays, to this date, at the end. 1671 1675 1677 1696 [1696] 1706 1675 1687 IV. (H. J.) 30. Harris's (Joseph) City Bride, Comedy. 31. Hemming's (W.) Eunuch, Tragedy. 32. Hill's (Aaron) Elfrid, Tragedy, and Walking Statue, a Farce. Fatal Vision, Tragedy. 34. Higden's (Henry) Wary Widow, Comedy. 35. Higgons's (Bevill) Generous Conqueror, Tragedy. 37. Jevon's (Thomas) Devil of a Wife, Farce. 38. Johnson's (Samuel) Hurlothrumbo, Farce. V. (L-N.) 40. Lacy's (John) Sauny the Scot, Comedy. Old Troop, or Mons. Raggou, Comedy. See POETICAL WORKS, Vol. ix. pp. 135, 186; Note to Woodstock. 42. Leanard's (John) Counterfeits, Comedy. 43. Manley's (Mrs.) Lucius, Tragedy. 1696 1687 [1710] 1716 1693 1702 1696 1695 1729 1671 1708 1672 [1679] 1717 Vol. V. (L-N.) 44. Manning's (Fr.) Generous Choice, Comedy. 45. Medbourne's (M.) Tartuffe, &c. Comedy (from Molière.) 47. Mountfort's (W.) Injured Lovers, Tragedy. 1700 1707 1718 1688 1704 1677 1677 1696 1703 75. Wilkinson's (Richard) Vice Reclaimed, Comedy. 76. Wilson's (J.) Cheats, Comedy. Written in 1662. 4th edit. 77. Wright's (Thomas) Female Virtuosos, Comedy. 78. The same. (Differing only in the title from preceding.) Congreve's (William) Five Plays, original editions, including two of the Double Dealer. 1 vol. 1705 1706 1704 1671 1705 1726 1667 Wycherley's (William) Four Plays, early editions, including two of the Plain Dealer. Pix's (Mrs. Mary) Six Plays, early editions.-Sir John Vanbrugh's False Friend, a Comedy, 1702. (Not included in the volume of his Plays, p. 219.) 1 vol. 4to. 1696-1701 1 vol. 4to. 1 vol. 4to. containing, Cibber's (Colley) Nine Plays, early editions. 1 vol. 4to. 6. Higgons's Generous Conqueror. 1702, 1708. (Duplicates. See p. 219.) (Duplicate. See p. 220.) 7. Dennis's Rinaldo and Armida. 1699. (Duplicate. See p. 219.) 8. Crowne's (John) Destruction of Jerusalem, Tragedy, in parts. 1703. See PROSE WORKS, vol. i. pp. 165-6, note. 1697-1709 1700-12 9. Pix's (Mrs. Mary) Conquest of Spain, Tragedy. 1705. (Not included in the volume of her Plays p. 221.) 10. Filmer's Unnatural Brother. 1705. (Duplicate. See p. 220.) 2. Hawker's ( ) Wedding, a Tragi-Comic Pastoral Farcical Opera, with Music. 3. Miller's (James) Humours of Oxford, a Comedy. (Wants title.) 4. Fielding's (Henry) Tom Thumb, a Tragedy. 3d edit. 5. History of Priestcraft throughout all ages, &c. 2d edit. See p. 220.) [1731] 1729 [1730] 1730 1731 1729 1733 2. Wilson's (John, Schoolmaster at Rutherglen, afterwards at Greenock,) Earl Douglas, a Play; and Clyde, a Poem. (Wants title.) Cartwright's (William) Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with other Poems. cr. 8vo. Lond. 1651 Wilson's (Charles) Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Amours of William Congreve, Esq. Also some curious Memoirs of Dryden and his family. With MS. note by Sir W. S. 8vo. ib. 1730 See PROSE WORKS, vol. i. p. 373, note. Haynes's (James) Conscience, or the Bridal Night, a Tragedy. 8vo. Twiss's (Horace) Carib Chief, a Tragedy. 2d edit. 8vo. Dis ib. 1702 Heywood's (Thomas) Rape of Lucrece, a Tragedie, &c. 4th impression. sm. 4to. Lond. 1630 The Costlie Whore, a Comicall Historie, &c. ib. 1633 sm. 4to. PRESS W. GREEK AND ROMAN, &c. ANTIQUITIES; GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS; TRANSLATIONS; WORKS ON THE STAGE; AND A FEW MISCELLANEOUS. SHELF I. Montfaucon, (Dom Bernardin de) L' Antiquité Expliquée, et représentée en figures. 5 tom. divisées en 10.-Supplement. 5 tom.-15 tom. fol. G. P. rel. en maroquin rouge. Paris, 1719-1724 The gift of his Majesty King George IV. See LIFE, vol. v. p. 328. Polwhele's (Rev. Richard) History of Devonshire. 3 vols fol. SHELF III. Exeter, 1793, 1797, 1801 Cornelius Nepos, cum interp. et notis N. Courtin. In usum Delphini. edit. 3a. 800. Lond. 1709 ib. 1813 Virgil's Georgics. Translated, with Notes, by William Sotheby. 8vo. Antwerp. 1585 Bentley's (Rev. Dr. R.) Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris.-Dissertation upon the Epistles of Themistocles, Socrates, &c. and the Fables of Æsop, &c. With an answer to the Objections of Hon. Charles Boyle. new edit. 8vo. Lond. Bowyer, 1777.-Life and Conversation of Richard Bentley. Latin and English. sm. 8vo. ib. 1712. See PROSE WORKS, vol. ii. p. 36. : Boyle's (Hon. Charles) Examination of Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on Phalaris and Æsop, &c. 2d edit. cr. 8vo. ib. 1698 Diversarum Gentium Hist. Antiquae Scriptores Tres: Jornandes Episcopus, Isidorus Hispalensis, Paulus Warnefridus; ex recens. Lindenbrogii. 4to. Hamb. 1611 Rainoldes's (Dr.) Overthrow of Stage Playes, by the way of Controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes, wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted, &c. 2d edit. 4to. Oxford, 1629 Collier's (Rev. Jeremy) Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, &c. 2d edit. 8vo. Lond. 1698 Defence of his Short View, &c.; being a Reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments, &c. 8vo. See PROSE WORKS, vol. i. pp. 358-60. ib. 1699 Dennis's (John) Usefulness of the Stage, &c. occasioned by a late book written by Jeremy Collier. cr. 8vo. Lond. 1698 Select Works, containing Poetical Miscellanies, Four Plays, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. ib. 1718 Ancient and Modern Stages Survey'd, or Mr. Collier's View, &c. set in a true light; wherein some of his mistakes are rectified, &c. 8vo. ib. 1699 The Stage Condemned, and the Encouragement given to the Profaneness and Immoralities of the Theatre, &c. censured, &c. &c. 8vo. ib. 1698 Tracts. 1 vol. 8vo. containing, 1. Conduct of the Stage consider'd; being a Short Historical Account of its original, progress, &c. ib. 1721 2. The Revolution and the present Establishment vindicated, &c. 3. History of Menuthia, &c. Done out of French. 4. King George's Right asserted, and the Church of England vindicated, &c. 2d edit. ib. 1721 Nottingham, 1715 Lond. 1717 ib. 1718 ib. 1713 8. 7. Shaw's (Rev. Ferdinando) Judgment of the Church of England in the Point of Ordination. Defence of Ditto. ib. 1715 ib. 1716 5. Popish Cruelty displayed, &c. Designed as a caveat against the Designs of the Pretender. 6. Validity of Baptism by Dissenting Ministers. . 9. Apology for the Foreign Protestant Churches, having no Episcopacy, &c. With an account of the Ancient Churches of the Waldenses and Albigenses. Tracts for and against the Stage. 8vo. containing, 1. Anderson's (Rev. George) Use and Abuse of Diversions. 2d edit. 2. Remarks upon Mr. Anderson's positions, concerning the unlawfulness of Stage Plays. ib. 1717 Edin. 1733 ib. 1733 ib. 1733 3. Anderson's (Rev. George) Re-inforcement of the Reasons, proving that the Stage is an Unchristian Diversion. Pamphlets on Foote's Minor, &c. 8vo. containing, 1. Whitefield's (Rev. George) Christian and Critical Remarks on the Minor, &c. 2d edit. 2. Letter to Mr. Foote, occasioned by the preceding. Lond. 1760 ib. 1760 6. City Latin, or Critical, &c. Remarks on the Latin Inscription in laying the first stone of Blackfryars' Bridge, by the Rev. Busby Birch, LL.D. 2d edit. ib. 1761 Gildon's (Charles) Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent Tragedian, &c. To which is added, the Amorous Widow, &c. a Comedy, by Mr. B. 8ro. Egerton's (William) Memoirs of Mrs. Aune Oldfield, &c. 8vo. ib. 1710 ib. 1731 SHELVES III.—IX. AUCTORES CLASSICI, GRAECI ET LATINI. Editiones optimae, cum notis variorum. 140 tom. 8vo. viz. Auctores Graeci. 1. Æliani Varia Historia, Gr. et Lat. Perizonii. 2 tom. 2. Appianus, Gr. et Lat. Tollii et Stephani. 2 tom. 3. Appollonius Rhodius, Gr. et Lat. Hoelzlini. 4. Arrianus de Expeditione Alexandri Magni, Gr. et Lat. Blancardi. 5. Arriani Ars Tactica, &c. Epicteti Enchiridion, &c. Gr. et Lat. Blancardi. 6. Callimachi Opera, Gr. et Lat. Spanhemii. 2 tom. 8vo. L. Bat. 1701 ib. 1683 Ultraj. 1697 |