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(Oldys, William, 1696-1761)

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• Oldys, William, 1696-1761, ed.: The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, As Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes (12 volumes; London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808-1811), also ed. by John Malham
  • annotated contents and index: multiple formats at Google and HTML at fooguru.org
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume V: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VI: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VII: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VIII: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IX: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume X: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume XI: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume XII: multiple formats at Google
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761, ed.: The Historical and Poetical Medley: or, Muses Library (London: Printed for T. Davies, 1738), also ed. by Mrs. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761, contrib.: The Muses Library: or, a Series Of English Poetry (London: Printed for J. Hodges, 1741), by Mrs. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761, contrib.: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected; To Which Are Prefixed the Lives of the Author by Oldys and Birch (8 volumes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1829), by Walter Raleigh, also contrib. by Thomas Birch
  • Volume I (Lives): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II (History of the World, Bk. I): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III (History of the World, Bk. II, part 1): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IV (History of the World, Bk. II, part 2): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume V (History of the World, Bks. III and IV): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VI (History of the World, Bk V, part 1): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VII (History of the World, Bk. V, part 2): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VIII (Miscellaneous Works): multiple formats at Google

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• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: Bibliotheca Harliana. (apud Thomam Osborne, 1743), also by Edward Harley Oxford, Anthony Askew, Thomas Osborne, Michael Maittaire, and Samuel Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The British librarian: exhibiting a compendious review or abstract of our most scarce, useful, and valuable books in all sciences, as well in manuscript as in print: with many characters, historical and critical, of the authors, their antagonists, &c. In a manner never before attempted, and useful to all readers. With a complete index to the volume. (T. Osborne, 1738) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The British librarian: exhibiting a compendious review or abstract of our most scarce, useful, and valuable books in all sciences, as well in manuscript as in print: ... With a complete index ... (London : printed for T. Osborne, 1738) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The British muse, or, A collection of thoughts, moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ... (F. Cogan [etc.], 1738), also by Thomas Hayward (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: A dissertation upon pamphlets: In a letter to a nobleman. (London : printed in the year, 1731) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (Printed for J. White and J. Murray [etc.], 1808), also by Thomas Park and Edward Harley Oxford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany; a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print. Selected from the library of Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical annotations, by the late William Oldys, Esq. and some additional notes, by Thomas Park, F.S.A. ... (Printed for John White, and John Murray; and John Harding, 1808), also by Edward Harley Oxford and Thomas Park (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well, in manuscript as in print. Selected from the library of Edward Harley, second earl of Oxford. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical annotations (Printed for John White [etc.], 1808) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany : or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print (Printed for T. Osborne, 1744), also by Edward Harley Oxford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany : or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library ; interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes. (Printed for R. Dutton, 1808), also by John Malham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany, or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts : as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late earl of Oxford's library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes ; with a table of contents, and an alphabetical index. (Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744), also by Edward Harley Oxford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The Harleian miscellany : or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library; interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes. (Library Resources, 1808), also by John Malham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: Health's improvement or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method and manner of preparing all sorts of foods used in this nation (printed for T. Osborne ..., 1746), also by Thomas Moffet, Christopher Bennet, Robert James, Thomas Osborne, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The history of the English stage, from the restauration to the present time. Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage, and pulpit are distinctly considered. (Printed for E. Curll, 1741), also by Thomas Betterton and Edmund Curll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The history of the English stage. Including the lives, characters and amours of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage and pulpit are distinctly considered. (Printed by William S. & Henry Spear, 1814), also by Edmund Curll, Charles L. Coles, Thomas Betterton, and John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury : reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica : with his character (printed for and sold by J. Russel, 1777), also by Arthur Onslow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica; with his character, ... a description of the hospital, which he erected and endowed ... To which are added the lives of his two brothers, Dr. Robert Abbot, ... and Sir Morris Abbot,: (Guildford : printed for and sold by J. Russell, 1777) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The life of Sir Walter Ralegh: from his birth to his death on the scaffold: ... The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts. (London : printed for the booksellers in town and country, 1740) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: A literary antiquary. Memoir of William Oldys. Together with his diary, choice notes from his Adversaria, and an account of the London libraries. (Printed by Spottiswoode, 1862), also by James Yeowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: A manual for the collector and amateur of old English plays. (Pickering & Chatto, 1892), also by William Carew Hazlitt, J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, John Downes, Gerard Langbaine, and Francis Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield. (London, 1741) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: Observations on the cure of William Taylor, the blind boy of Ightham, in Kent; who being born with cataracts in both eyes, was at eight years of age, brought to sight, on the 8th of October, 1751, by Mr. John Taylor, jun. oculist, ... Also some address to the publick, for a contribution towards the foundation of an Hospital for the blind, already begun by some noble personages: ([London] : Printed by E. Owen, in Hand-Court, Holborn, 1753) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The quintessence of English poetry, or, a collection of all the beautiful passages in our poems and plays, from the celebrated Spencer to 1688 ... (Printed for Olive Payne [etc.], 1740), also by Thomas Hayward (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: Series of English poetry (J. Wilcox, 1737), also by Mrs. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The works of Sir Walter Ralegh, kt., now first collected. To which are prefixed the lives of the author (Burt Franklin, N. O., 1965), also by Walter Raleigh and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The works of Sir Walter Ralegh : kt., now first collected: to which are prefixed the lives of the author (The University press, 1829), also by Walter Raleigh and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt. : now first collected : to which are prefixed The lives of the author, by Oldys and Birch. (Burt Franklin, 1964), also by Walter Raleigh and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The works of Sir Walter Ralegh : now first collected : to which are prefixed the lives of the author by Oldys and Birch. ([s.n.], 1829), also by Walter Raleigh and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldys, William, 1696-1761: The works of Sir Walter Raleigh (B.Franklin, 1829), also by Walter Raleigh and Thomas Birch (page images at HathiTrust)

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