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• The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets : also an exact account of all the plays that were yet printed in the English tongue, their double title, the places where acted, and the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays (1699), by Gerard Langbaine, William Constable, and Charles Gildon (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand. (London : Printed for Tho. Leigh ... and William Turner ..., [1699]), by Gerard Langbaine and Charles Gildon (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Taming of the shrew (Printed and sold by E. Whitlock, near Stationers-Hall, 1698), by John Lacy, William Shakespeare, and Elizabeth Whitlock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Acteon & Diana with a pastoral storie of the nimph Oenone followed by the several conceited humours of Bumpkin the huntsman, Hobbinal the shepherd, Singing Simpkin, and John Swabber the seaman / by Rob. Cox, acted at the Red Bull with great applause. (London : Printed for Edward Archer ..., 1656), by Robert Cox (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Calisto, or, The chaste nimph, the late masque at court as it was frequently presented there, by several persons of great quality : with the prologue, and the songs betwixt the acts / all written by J. Crowne. (London : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for James Magnes and Richard Bentley ..., 1675), by Mr. Crown and Nicholas Staggins (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The famous history of the rise and fall of Massaniello in two parts / written by Mr. Tho. D'Urfey. (London : Printed for John Nutt ..., 1700), by Thomas D'Urfey (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The English mounsieur a comedy, as it is acted, at the Theater-Royal by His Majesty's servants / by the Honorable James Howard, Esq. (London : Printed by H. Bruges for J. Magnus ..., 1674), by James Howard (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding a tragi-comedy, as it is now acted at His Majesty's Theatre Royal ... (London : Printed for R. Bentley ..., 1695), by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, and Elkanah Settle (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Gloriana, or, The court of Augustus Cæsar acted at the Theatre-Royal, by Their Majesties servants / by Nat. Lee. (London : Printed for J. Magnes and R. Bentley ..., 1676), by Nathaniel Lee (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Irene. A tragedy. (G. Cawthorn, 1796), by Samuel Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proclamations. 1559-05-16 (Imprinted at London : In Poules churchyarde, by Rychard Iugge and Iohn Cawood printers to the Quenes Maiestie, [1559]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The play of the wether. A newe and very mery enterlude of all maner wethers made by Iohn Heywood. The players names. Iupiter a god. Mery reporte the vyce. The gentylman. The marchant. The ranger. The water myller. The wynde myller. The gentylwoman. The launder. A boy the left that can play ([London : W. Middleton, 1544?]), by John Heywood (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Temptation of our Lord ([Wesel : Dirik van der Straten, 1547?]), by John Bale (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Nice wanton. ([Imprinted at London : In Paules Churche yearde at the sygne of the Swane by Iohn Kyng], Anno Domini. M.D.LX. [1560]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Amphitruo. (Imprinted at London : At the long shop adioyning vnto Saint Mildreds Churche in the Pultrie, by Iohn Allde, [ca. 1570]), by Titus Maccius Plautus (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The King and Queenes Entertainement at Richmond (HTML at Renascence Editions)

• Comedy concernynge thre lawes ([[Wesel] : Anno M. D. XXXVIII, and lately inprented per Nicolaum Bamburgensem [i.e. Dirik van der Straten], 1538 [i.e. 1548?]]), by John Bale (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Rhodon and Iris : a pastorall, as it was presented at the florists feast in Norwich, May 3, 1631. (Printed [by J. Beale] for Michael Sparke, at the blew Bible in Greene-Arbour, 1631), by Ralph Knevet, Michael Sparke, and John Beale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Queenes Arcadia A pastorall trage-comedie presented to her Maiestie and her ladies, by the Vniuersitie of Oxford in Christs Church, in August last. 1605. (At London : Printed by G. Eld, for Simon Waterson, 1606), by Samuel Daniel (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A vvife, not ready made, but bespoken, by Dicus the Batchelor, and made up for him by his fellow shepheard Tityrus. In four pastorall eglogues. (London : Printed for A.R., 1653), by Robert Aylett (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Fatal Falsehood: A Tragedy. In Five Acts, by Hannah More (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Queenes Maiesties entertainement at VVoodstock (At London : Printed for Thomas Cadman, 1585), by Queen Elizabeth I of England, George Gascoigne, and George Ferrers (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Imperiale a tragedie. (London : Printed by Thomas Harper, M.DC.XXXIX. [1639]), by Ralph Freeman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Ram-Alley: or merrie-trickes A comedy diuers times here-to-fore acted by the Children of the Kings Reuels. VVritten by Lo: Barrey. (At London : Printed by G. Eld, for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold at his shop in Holborne, at the new gate of Grayes Inne, 1611), by Lording Barry (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A true, perfect, and exact catalogue of all the comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques and interludes, that were ever yet printed and published, till this present year 1661 all which you may either buy or sell at the several shops of Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhil, Francis Kirkman at the John Fletchers Head, on the back-side of St. Clements, Tho. Johnson at the Golden Key in St. Pauls Churchyard, and Henry Marsh at the Princes Arms in Chancery-lane near Fleetstreet. 1661. ([London : s.n., 1661]), by Francis Kirkman (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A true, perfect, and exact catalogue of all the comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques and interludes, that were ever yet printed and published, till this present year 1661 all which you may either buy or sell at the several shops of Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhil, Francis Kirkman at the John Fletchers Head, on the back-side of St. Clements, Tho. Johnson at the Golden Key in St. Pauls Churchyard, and Henry Marsh at the Princes Arms in Chancery-lane near Fleetstreet. 1661. ([London : s.n., 1661]), by Francis Kirkman (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets : also an exact account of all the plays that were yet printed in the English tongue, their double title, the places where acted, and the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays (1699), by Gerard Langbaine, William Constable, and Charles Gildon (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage, and of the Economy and Usages of the Ancient Theatres in England (Basel, Switzerland: J. J. Tourneisen, 1800), by Edmond Malone, contrib. by George Steevens
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• Prologue spoken by Mrs. Cook. ([London] : Printed for Charles Tebroc, [1684]), by Aphra Behn, Mrs Barrey, and Mrs Cook (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Zuverlässige Nachrichten von den vornehmsten Schriftstellern vom Anfange der Welt bis 1500 (Bei sel. Joh. Heinr. Meyers Witwe, 1756), by Georg Christoph Hamberger, Johann Matthias Gesner, and Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung (page images at HathiTrust)

• Scena letteraria de gli scrittori Bergamaschi : aperta alla curiosita' de suoi concittadini (Per li Figliuoli de Marc' Antonio Rossi, 1664), by Donato Calvi (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ioannis Pitsei Angli, S. Theologiae Doctoris ... : Relationum historicarum de rebus anglicis, tomus primus quatuor partes complectens, quorum elenchum pagina sequens indicat (Apud Rolinum Thierry et Sebastianum Cramoisy, viâ Iacobaea, 1619), by John Pits and William Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)

• De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis liber unus (Apud Christophorum Zane ..., 1728), by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, Cristoforo Zane, and Philippe Labbe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Illustrium Hollandiae et VVestfrisiae ordinum alma Academia Leidensis (Apud Iacobum Marci, & Iustum à Colster, bibliopolas, 1614), by Johannes van Meurs and Willem Swanenburg (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memorie degli scrittori cosentini (Nella stamperia de' Muzj, 1750), by Salvatore Spiriti (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ioannis Pitsei Angli, S. Theologiae Doctoris ... : Relationum historicarum de rebus anglicis, tomus primus quatuor partes complectens, quorum elenchum pagina sequens indicat (Apud Rolinum Thierry et Sebastianum Cramoisy, viâ Iacobaea, 1619), by John Pits and William Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogus scriptorum florentinorum omnis generis (Apvd Philippvm Ivnctam, 1589), by Michele Poccianti and Luca Ferrini (page images at HathiTrust)

• John Bale's Index of British and other writers. (AMS Press, 1989), by John Bale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ioannis Pitsei Angli, S. Theologiae Doctoris ... : Relationum historicarum de rebus anglicis, tomus primus quatuor partes complectens, quorum elenchum pagina sequens indicat (Apud Rolinum Thierry et Sebastianum Cramoisy, viâ Iacobaea, 1619), by John Pits and William Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nova memoria Hungarorum et provincialium : scriptis editis notorum quam excitat (Typis Matthiae Trattner, 1792), by Elek Horányi (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nova memoria Hungarorum et provincialium : scriptis editis notorum quam excitat (Typis Matthiae Trattner, 1792), by Elek Horányi (page images at HathiTrust)

• Teatro d'huomini letterati (Per li Guerigli, 1647), by Girolamo Ghilini (page images at HathiTrust)

• Teatro d'huomini letterati (Per li Guerigli, 1647), by Girolamo Ghilini (page images at HathiTrust)

• De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis liber unus (Apud Christophorum Zane ..., 1728), by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, Cristoforo Zane, and Philippe Labbe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kitāb Ikhbār al-ʻulamāʾ bi-akhbār al-ḥukamāʾ (Maṭbaʻat al-Saʻādah, 1908), by ʻAlī ibn Yūsuf Qifṭī (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kitāb Ikhbār al-ʻulamāʾ bi-akhbār al-ḥukamāʾ (Maṭbaʻat al-Saʻādah, 1908), by ʻAlī ibn Yūsuf Qifṭī (page images at HathiTrust)

• Addizioni copiose di Lionardo Nicodemo alla Biblioteca napoletana de dottor Niccolo Toppi. (Per Salvator Castaldo ... :, 1683), by Lionardo Nicodemo and Nicolò Toppi (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biblioteca napoletana, et apparato a gli hvomini illvstri in lettere di Napoli, e del regno (Appresso Antonio Bulifon ... , 1678), by Nicolò Toppi (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bernardini Scardeonii, canonici Patavini, De antiquitate urbis Patavii & claris civibus patavinis libri tres (Apvd Nicolaum Episcopium iuniorem, 1560), by Bernardino Scardeone (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kitāb Rayḥānat al-alibbā wa-zahrat al-ḥayāh al-dunyā (Maṭbaʻah ʻĀmirah, 1856), by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Khafājī (page images at HathiTrust)

• Praestantium aliquot theologorum. English (London : Printed by N. and Iohn Okes [are to be sold by Andrew Crooke at ye Bare in Paules church yard], 1637), by Jacob Verheiden, Donald Lupton, and Henry Holland (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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