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• The Homer of Aristotle (B. Blackwell, 1923), by D. S. Margoliouth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Salis al-ghāniyāt fī dhawāt al-ṭarfīn min al-kalimāt (al-Maṭbaʻah al-Adabīyah, 1900), by Khayr al-Dīn Nuʾmān ibn Maḥmūd Ālūsī (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Of anagrams, a monograph treating of their history from the earliest ages to the present time; with an introduction, containing numerous specimens of macaronic poetry, punning mottoes, rhopalic, shaped, equivocal, Lyon, and echo verses, alliteration, acrostics, lipograms, chronograms, logograms, palindromes, bouts rimés. (Printed for the author by S. Austin, 1862), by Henry B. Wheatley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dianella: giuochi a premio [in versi] (Tip. E. Ariani, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les anagrammes des noms et surnoms des damoiselles et dames d'Orléans. (Orléans, 1867), by Emmanuel Trippault (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anagrammatographia Nicolai Revsneri Leorini, Comitis Palatini Caesarei : opus ob varios variorum nominum lusus anagrammaticos mirificè iucundum & festivum, melioris causâ in novem libros tributum : accessit Gvilielmi Blanci Albiensis Libellus de ratione anagrammatismi (Apud Tobiam Steinmannum, curante Thoma Schurerio, 1602), by Nikolaus Reusner, Edward Dering, Guilielmus Blancus, and Elias Reusner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remaines concerning Brittaine, but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof: : their languages, names, syrnames, allusions, anagrammes, armories, moneys, empresses, apparell, artillerie, wise speeches, prouerbes, poesies, epitaphs (Printed by A.[dam] I.[slip] for Symon Waterson, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the crowne in Pauls Church-yard., 1629), by William Camden, Simon Waterson, and Adam Islip (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neglected anagrams of the Bacon period. (Thearston, 1914), by Ben Haworth-Booth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Epigrammata Guilielmi Blanci albiensis iurisconsulti in obeliscum (Ex Officina Bartolomaei Grassij, 1586), by Guillaume Blanc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Applausus chronographicus. (Apud Josephum T'Serstevens, bibliopolam propè Templum D. Joannis, 1717), by Petrus vander Borcht and John Landwehr (page images at HathiTrust)
• What's in a name; charades, anagrams, rhymes. (Cambridge, Mass., 1916), by Walter Woodman and W. W. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biblia anagrammatica, or, The anagramatic Bible : a literary curiosity gathered from unexplored sources and from books of the greatest rarity ... : with a general introduction and a special bibliography. (Privately printed for the Author [by Hazell, Watson and Viney], 1904), by Walter Begley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Biblia anagrammatica, or, The anagrammatic Bible : a literary curiosity gathered from unexplored sources and from books of the greatest rarity (Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1904), by Walter Begley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ludovici Magni Galliarvm et Navarræ regis, invicti, triumphantis, et pacifici : elvcvbratio anagrammatica-historica : symbolis illustrata (Apud Claudium Marchy ..., 1679), by Gaspard Laugier and Louis Cundier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Non Rhetorice sed Arithmetice orandum est, et quidem per omnes Species (1626), by Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Christian II, Battista Guarini, Richard Aron, and Richard Aron Collection on European Education (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juste refutation des injustes louanges qu'impudemment a osé donner un medecin du roi, à Jules Mazarin, le plus scelerat de tous les hommes, et qui est en execration à Dieu, aux anges, et à toute la nature. (Chez François Noel ..., 1649) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discours prophetique, contenant quarante-quatre anagrammes sur le nom de Jules Mazarin (Chez Arnould Cotinet ..., 1649) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fames roule: or, The names of our dread soveraigne Lord King Charles, his royall Queen Mary, and his most hopefull posterity: together with, the names of the dukes, marquesses, earles, viscounts ... of his three renowned kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland: anagrammatiz'd and expressed by acrosticke lines on their names. By Mistris Mary Fage, wife of Robert Fage the younger, gentleman (London : Printed by Richard Oulton [for J. Crouch], 1637), by Mary Fage (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Remaines concerning Britain their languages, names, surnames, allusions, anagrammes, armories, monies, empreses, apparell, artillarie, wise speeches, proverbs, poesies, epitaphs / written by William Camden ... (London : Printed for Simon Waterson and Robert Clavell, 1657), by William Camden, John Philipot, and Gent W. D. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Upon the death of the virtuous and religious Mrs. Lydia Minot, (the wife of Mr. John Minot of Dorchester;) the mother of five children, who died in child-bed of the sixth; and together therewith was interred January 27. 1667 [1668, new style]. ([Cambridge, Mass. : Printed by Samuel Green, 1668]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Upon the death of that reverend and aged man of God, Mr. Samuel Arnold, Pastor of the church at Marshfield, who deceased in the 71st year of his age, and of his ministry the 36th, September 1. 1693. ([Boston : s.n., 1693]), by Ichabod Wiswell and Samuel Arnold (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Epigrammata Guilielmi Blanci albiensis iurisconsulti in obeliscum (Ex Officina Bartolomaei Grassij, 1586), by Guillaume Blanc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anagram of his Excellency the Lord Generall George Monck, king come ore ([London : s.n., 1660]), by William Drummond (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Anagram and acrostick on His sacred Majesty, K. James II. Relating to the late triple conjuction of Saturn & Jupiter in Leo, which began in October 1682. and still continues ([London] : Printed byr N.T. at the entrance into Old Spring-garden near Charing-cross, 1685), by Robert Scamler (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Great Britains beauties, or, The female glory epitomized, in encomiastick anagramms, and acrostiches, upon the highly honoured names of the Queenes most gracious Majestie, and the gallant lady-masquers in her Graces glorious grand-masque. Presented at White-Hall on Shrove-Tuesday at night, by the Queenes Majestie and her ladies. With disticks, and illustrations, upon their severall anagramms, being in number fifteene, whose names ensure in order on the next side. Published by authoritie. Framed, and formed, by the humble pen of Francis Lenton, the Queenes poet. (London : Printed by Marmaduke Parsons, for Iames Becket, at the Inner Temple Gate, 1638), by Francis Lenton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Innes of Court anagrammatist: or, The masquers masqued in anagrammes Expressed in epigramique lines, upon their severall names, set downe in the next page. Composed by Francis Lenton Gent. one of her Majesties poets. (London : Printed [by T. Harper] for William Lashe, 1634), by Francis Lenton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Remaines concerning Britain (At London : Printed by G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, 1605), by William Camden (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The triumph of wit, or, Ingenuity display'd in its perfection. Being the newest and most useful academy, in three parts. Part I. Containing variety of excellent poems, pastorals, satyrs, dialogues, epigrams, anagrams, acrosticks, choice letters with their answers, ... and exactest collection of choice songs. Part II. Containing the whole art and mystery of love in all its nicest intreagues and curious particulars, ... with the description & anatomy of perfect beauty. Part III. Containing the mystery and art of wheedling and canting, with the original and present management thereof, and the ends to which it serves and is employed. Illustrated with poems, songs and various intreagues in the canting language, with the explanation, &c. To which is added, Instructions for dancing with musical notes. ([n.p.] : Printed for Nicholas Bodington at the Golden Ball in Duck-lane, 1688), by fl. 1680-1702 J. S. (John Shirley) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Royall anagrams expressed in English. (London : Printed by Anne Griffin, 1635), by John Pyne and Arthur Pyne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• VIrtuosius pantheon, Deo & sanctis erectum (In Verlegung Paul Lochners, Buchhändlers, 1723), by Christian Brez, Johan Conradt Reiff, and Paul Lochner (page images at HathiTrust)

• Epigrammata Guilielmi Blanci albiensis iurisconsulti in obeliscum (Ex Officina Bartolomaei Grassij, 1586), by Guillaume Blanc (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opvscvla a fratre Angelo Maria de Saluatoribus (Typis Ioannis Sinibaldi ..., 1663), by Angelus Maria De Salvatoribus, Giovanni Sinibaldo, and Italy) Accademia degli inculti (Turin (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Chronograms, 5000 and more in number, excerpted out of various authors and collected at many places (E. Stock, 1882), by James Hilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The chronograms of the Euripidean dramas (B. H. Blackwell, 1915), by D. S. Margoliouth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chronograms collected, more than 4,000 in number, since the publication of the two preceding volumes in 1882 and 1885 (E. Stock, 1895), by James Hilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ganjīneh-yi tavārīkh. (Maṭbaʻ-i Fakhr-i Niẓāmī, 1895), by Nādir ʻAlī Raʻd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronograms, 5000 and more in number Chronograms continued and concluded, more than 5000 in number; a supplement-volume to 'Chronograms,' (E. Stock, 1885), by James Hilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronograms 5000 and more in number excerpted out of various authors and collected at many places (Elliot Stock, Paternoster Row, 1882), by James Hilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Majmūʻah-ʼi taʼrīkhāt-i Aẓhar]. (1850), by Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Aẓhar and Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology (page images at HathiTrust)

• Illustrissimo ac reverendissimo domino D. Josepho Anselmo Werbrouck ex antistite Ruraemundensium XIV. Antverpiensium episcopo, in solemni ad cathedram suam adventu, gratulatur & applaudit cum suo gymnasio Societas Jesu. (Apud viduam Jacobi Bernardi Jouret, 1746), by Vidua Jacobi Bernardi Jouret, F. Ertinger, Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, and Jesuits. Belgium (page images at HathiTrust)

• Conceptus chronographicus de concepta sacra Deipara (typis Joannis Michaëlis Labhart..., 1712), by Joseph Zoller, Johann Michael Labhart, J. C. Banawiz, Johann Asem, and Philipp Jakob Leidenhoffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conceptus chronographicus de concepta sacra Deipara (Typis Joannis Michaëlis Labhart, Reverendiss. ac Sereniss. Principis & Episcopi Augustani, typographi, 1712), by Josephus Zoller, Johann Michael Labhart, J. C. Banawiz, Johann Asem, and Philipp Jakob Leidenhoffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• VIrtuosius pantheon, Deo & sanctis erectum (In Verlegung Paul Lochners, Buchhändlers, 1723), by Christian Brez, Johan Conradt Reiff, and Paul Lochner (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Concise Handbook of Ancient and Modern Literature, Issued Either Anonymously, Under Pseudonyms, or Initials (London: The author, 1896), by Frederick Marchmont (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pseudonyms of Authors, Including Anonyms and Initialisms (originally published 1882), by John Edward Haynes
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• An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and Conversation (with appendix; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), by William A. Wheeler, contrib. by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Die kunst des pseudonyms. 12 literarhistorisch-bibliographische essays (E. Bormann, 1901), by Edwin Bormann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Biographisches Schriftsteller-Lexikon der Gegenwart (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1882), by Franz Bornmüller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auteurs deguisez. Sous des noms etrangers; empruntez, supposez, feints à plaisir, chiffrez, renversez, retournez, ou changez d'une langue en une autre. (A. Dezallier, 1690), by Adrien Baillet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schauplatz der masquirten und demasquirten gelehrten bey ihren verdeckten und nunmehro entdeckten schrifften aus gewissen anzeigungen (J. L. Gleditsch, 1710), by Peter Dahlmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pseudonyms of authors, including anonyms and initialisms ([s.n.], 1882), by John Edward Haynes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aggravating ladies : being a list of works published under the pseudonym of "A lady", with preliminary suggestions on the art of describing books bibliographically. (B. Quartich, 1880), by Ralph Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Taschengoedeke (Tiedemann und Uzielli, 1924), by Leopold Hirschberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes publiés par des religieux de la Compagnie de Jésus. (Librairie de la Société bibliographique; [etc., etc.], 1884), by Carlos Sommervogel and Société bibliographique (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous women of history ; containing nearly three thousand brief biographies and over one thousand female pseudonyms (Arnold and Company, 1895), by William Hardcastle Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Librarians' guide, 1923- edition ... A continuance of the Libraries sections of the Literary year book (founded 1897) (The Literary year book press, 1923), by Mark Meredith and Reginald Gordon Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The cataloguing of anonymous literature ([London, 1901), by Henry Guppy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction, including also pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analagous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. (J.R. Osgood & co., 1875), by William A. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notas para una bibliografia de obras anonimas i seudonimas sobre la historia, la jeografía i la literatura de America (Imprenta nacional, 1882), by Diego Barros Arana (page images at HathiTrust)
• De scriptis & scriptoribus anonymis atque pseudonymis syntagma Vincentii Placii ... in quo ad sesquimille omnis generis argumenti linguarumque scripta, partim nullis, partim falsis nominibus praefixis antehac edita, genuinis suis atque veris auctoribus, restituuntur. (Sumptibus Christiani Guthii, 1674), by Vincent Placcius, Johan Rode, and Petrus L. Scavenius (page images at HathiTrust)
• De scriptis adespotis, pseudepigraphis, et supposititiis conjecturae, cum additionibus variorum. (I. Haring, 1686), by Johann Deckherr (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction, including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889), by William Adolphus Wheeler and Charles G. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction. (Ticknor and Fields, 1866), by William A. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Johannis Alberti Fabri, Decas decadum; sive, Plagiariorum & pseudonymorum centuria, accessit Exercitatio de lexicis græcis eodem auctore. (sumptibus hered. F. Lanckischii, Halis Saxonum literis Salfeldianis, 1689), by Johann Albert Fabricius (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction, including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1917), by William Adolphus Wheeler and Charles Gardner Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maskirte Literatur der älteren und neueren Sprachen. (G. Oehme, 1862), by Emil Weller (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction; including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analgous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. (Ticknor and Fields, 1866), by William Adolphus Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliotheca anonymorum et pseudonymorum detectorum, ultra 4000 scriptores; quorum nomina vera latebant antea, omnium facultatum scientarum, et linguarum complectens (Sumptibus Christian Wilhelm Brandt, 1740), by Johann Christoph Mylius, Christoph August Heumann, and Vincent Placcius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nicknames and pseudonyms of prominent people with dates of birth and death. (O.R. Parmelee, 1897), by Fannie Parmelee Deane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index pseudonymorum. Wörterbuch der Pseudonymen; oder, Verzeichniss aller Autoren, die sich falscher Namen bedienten. (Verlag von Falcke & Rössler?, 1862), by Emil Weller (page images at HathiTrust)
• On metonyms, or translated and quasi-translated personal names (s.n., 1868), by Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction, including also familiar pseudonums, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation. (Houghton Mifflin, 1900), by William Adolphus Wheeler and Charles G. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopædic catalogue of the lending department (Guille-Allès library;, 1889), by Guernsey Guille-Allès library and museum, John Linwood Pitts, Henri Boland, and Alfred Cotgreave (page images at HathiTrust)
• Names and noms de plume of the writers in the Lowell offering. ([Lowell, Mass.?], 1902), by Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction : including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation (Houghton, Mifflin, 1891), by William Adolphus Wheeler and Charles G. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notas para una bibliografia de obras anonimas i seudonimas sobre la historia (Imprenta nacional, 1882), by Diego Barros Arana (page images at HathiTrust)
• An explanatory and pronouncing dictionary of the noted names of fiction : including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation (J.R. Osgood, 1876), by William A. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biblioteca hispano americana setentrional (Tip. del Colegio católico, 1883), by José Mariano Beristáin de Souza, Félix Osores y Sotomayor, Félix Osores, José Toribio Medina, and Fortino Hipólito Vera (page images at HathiTrust)

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