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1640 A Tale of the Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben Jonson

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1640 Ben Jonson Play The Magnetick Lady: The Magnetick Lady or Humors Reconcild. A Comedy Composed by Ben Jonson, printed at London MCDXL (1640). Title leaf [2], 3-64, complete. Extracted from a volume, not bound. Very Good, mild discolorati

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1641 Ben Jonson A Tale of Robin-Hood: 1641 Ben Jonson Play “The Sad Shepherd or A Tale of Robin-Hood”, printed at London. Complete extract from volume of this rare play: Title leaf, 117-155, blank. Very Good, mild discoloration, measu

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1650 Ben Jonson Masque Newes New World in the Moone: C1650 Ben Jonson Masque "Newes from the New World Discover’d in the Moone. A Masque As It was Presented at Court Before King James 1620". 8 pages, complete and extracted from a volume of his works.

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1650 Ben Jonson Two Masques Neptune's Triumph: Two masques of Ben Jonson: “Neptunes Triumph for the Returne of Albion”, and “Pans Anniversarie of The Sheperds Holy-Day”. Extracted from a volume of his works, 1650, London. Pages 105-124. Di

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1641 Ben Jonson Play Timber Notion of the Times: Timber: or Discoveries: Made Upon Men and Matter: As they have show’d out of his daily readings, or had their Refluxe to his peculiar Notion of the Times, by Ben Jonson, printed at London, 1641. Com

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1650 Ben Jonson Masque: Mortimer His Fall, A Tragedie Written by Ben. Jonson", printed at London MDCXL (1640), this being a later printing circa 1655. Title leaf and four pages. Complete and at the end in typseset "Left Unfi

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1640 Ben Jonson Christmas His Masque: Christmas His Masque , As it was Presented at Court 1616, by Ben Jonson, printed here circa 1640. Extracted from volume, 7 pages, last page blank. Fine, measures 7.5 x 11.5". Please note that this lot

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1640 Ben Jonson Poetry The Under-Woods: 1640 "The Under-Woods. Consisting of Diverse Poems", by Ben Jonson, printed at London. Extracted from a volume of his works. Complete section: title leaf, 163-285. Disbound, Very Good, measures 7.5 x

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1650 Masques of Ben Jonson: Extract of several Masques of Ben Jonson, originally published 1617 and printed here c1650. Includes masque presented in the house of the Right Honourable Lord Haye, also “The Vision of Delight Pres

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1768 Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels Tale of a Tub: 1768 Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels Tale of a Tub English Literature “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” ― Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift was an Irish author most-known for h

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1904 1ed A Dog’s Tale by Mark Twain Humor Puppies: 1904 1ed A Dog’s Tale by Mark Twain Humor Puppies St Bernard Collie Illustrated “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ― Mark Twain A rare fir

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1890 Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory: 1890 Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Hell Gustave DORE “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is o

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1859 Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens French Rev.: 1859 Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens French Revolution Bastille 2v SET “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Few authors during

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1813 EARLY Ben Franklin Essays AMERICANA Politics Slave: 1813 EARLY Ben Franklin Essays AMERICANA Politics Slavery Indians Autobiography “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” ― Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin’

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1848 Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Vision: 1848 Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Vision of Hell & Purgatory Flaxman “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is one

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Ben Zion 18 signed etchings Biblical Themes 1951: Ben-Zion Weinman (Ukrainian/American, 1897-1987), Biblical Themes, 18 etchings, 1951, each pencil signed and numbered 60/65 lower margin. Plates measure 560x455mm; 22x17 3/4 in., sheets, printed by Ro

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1640 A Tale of the Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben Jonson

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A Tale of the Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben Jonson, printed at London MDCXL (1640). Extracted play, complete. Title leaf and "The Persons that Act", numbered 67-113. Very Good. Measures 7.5 x 11.5".

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