Oldys, William, 1696-1761
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Oldys, William
William Oldys English antiquarian and bibliographer, Norroy king-at-arms (1696-1761)
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English antiquarian and bibliographer, Norroy king-at-arms (1696-1761)
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Works
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| Biographia britannica : or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times ; collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr Bayles's historical and critical dictionary. Volume the sixth ; part I.. |
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| 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. |
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| The British librarian [MI] 1738 |
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| The British muse, or, A collection of thoughts, moral, natural, and sublime, or our English poets: who flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ... |
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| Busy, curious, thirsty fly! |
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| Catalogus bibliothecæ Harleianæ, in locos communes distributus cum indice auctorum. ... |
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| Collection of epigrams, to which is prefixed a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. The 2d edition... |
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| A compleat and exact catalogue of all the pamphlets contained in the VIII. volumes of the Harleian miscellany. |
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| A dissertation upon pamphlets : In a letter to a nobleman. |
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| 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. |
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| Health's improvement; or, Rules comprizing and discovering the nature, method, and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. |
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| 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. |
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| The history of the world : in five books |
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| The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica; with his character, By The Rt. Hon. Arthur on slow, Late Speaker of the House of Commons; a description of the hospital, which he erected and endowed In his Native Town of Guildford in Surrey; Correct Copies of The Charter and Statutes of the same, His will, etc. To which are added the lives of his two brothers, Dr. Robert Abbot, Lord Bishop of Salisbury; and Sir Morris Abbot, Knt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London. |
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| The life of Sir Walter Ralegh : from his birth to his death on the scaffold: Containing, I. An Account of his Family, its Antiquity, Dignity, Power, and Wealth. II. His gradual Rise, and the Steps he took in his Youth to that Fame and Reputation which he enjoyed in his riper Years. III. His gallant Actions in France in Behalf of the Hugonots, and in Ireland against the Rebels. IV. His several Naval Expeditions to America and other Parts; with his Discovery of Virginia. V. The Share he had in the glorious and ever memorable Victory which the English Fleet obtained over the Spanish Armada in the Year 1588. VI. A Relation of a most desperate Engagement between Sir Richard Greenvil in the Revenge against the whole Spanish Fleet. Vii. The Trial at large of Sir Walter Ralegh, his Condemnation, long Imprisonment in the Tower, and Execution. The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts. |
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| Life of Walter Ralegh |
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| A manual for the collector and amateur of old English plays. |
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| Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield |
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| Observations on the cure of William Taylor : 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, junr. Oculist, in Hatton Garden. Containing His Strange Notions of Objects upon the first Enjoyment of his new Sense: Also, Some Attestations thereof, in a Letter written by his Father, Mr. William Taylor, Farmer, in the same Parish. Interspers'd with several curious Examples and Remarks, historical and philosophical thereupon. Dedicated to Dr. Monsey, Physician to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Also Some Address to the Publick, for a Contribution towards the Foundation of an Hospital for the Blind, Already begun by some Noble Personages. |
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| On a fly drinking out of the cup |
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| Proposals for printing, by subscription, the two first volumes of Bibliotheca Harleiana: or, A catalogue of the library of the late Earl of Oxford. Purchased by Thomas Osborne, bookseller, in Gray's-Inn |
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