A Guide to the Principal Manuscripts, Early Printed Books, Autograph Letters, Etc., Contained in the Auckland Free Public Library |
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Page 64 - Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV. Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. The Author John Milton.
Page 65 - Comedies, Histories, And Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz.
Page 57 - The late, And much admired Play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. With the true Relation of the whole Historie, aduentures, and fortunes of the said Prince : As also, The no lesse strange, and worthy accidents, in the Birth and Life, of his Daughter Mariana.
Page 65 - Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A York-shire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine.
Page 56 - A fruteuill pleasaunt, and wittie worke, of the best state of a publique weale, and of the new yle, called Utopia...
Page 57 - THE ILIADS OF HOMER, Prince of Poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a "Comment on some of his chief Places. Done according to the Greek by GEORGE CHAPMAN, with Introduction and Notes by the Rev.
Page 54 - Historic of Cambria, now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd, gentleman: Corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approoved Authors, by David Powel, Doctor in Divinitie.
Page 59 - Harington of Bathe Knight. Now thirdly revised and amended, with the Addition of the Author's Epigrams. London, printed by G. Miller for J. Parker; 1634.
Page 60 - The Life of Merlin, sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophesies and Predictions Interpreted, and their Truth made good by our English Annalla. Being a Chronographicall History of all the Kings and Memorable Passages of this Kingdome from Brute to the Reigne of our Royall Soveraigne King Charles.
Page 55 - The Zodiake of life, written by the excellent and Christian Poet, Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus. Wherein are conteined twelue seuerall labours, painting out most liuely, the whole compasse of the world, the reformation of manners, the miseries of mankinde, the pathway to vertue...