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Corante, or newes from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France. 1621

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Unknown author

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Caption title. Printer's name from STC. The earliest extant issue of a coranto series printed in London--Cf. Dahl. Formerly STC 5748. Identified as STC 5748 on UMI microfilm. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W-----y M------e: written, during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters. &c. in different parts of Europe. : Which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks; drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers.

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Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762. ; Astell, Mary, 1666-1731, ed.

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Attributed to Lady Mary Montagu in the Dictionary of national biography. Preface signed: M.A. [i.e., Mary Astell]. Another issue (Evans 10393) has imprint: New-York: Printed, MDCCLXXXVI.

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The man of mode, or, Sr. Fopling Flutter a comedy : acted at the Duke's Theatre / by George Etherege ...

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Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691. ; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

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"Licensed, June 3, 1676. Roger L'Estrange." "The epilogue by Mr. Dryden": p. [1] at end. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

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