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John Aubrey

Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published three editions of the work of John Aubrey (1626-1697). Two have been seen. The book contains 56 short biographies, usually called brief lives. This title was allocated two ISBNs, both dated June 1976.

(Last updated on 17/4/2021)

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Content: Brief biography; quotations from Alexander Pope; West Riding saying; Sir Walter Ralegh (sic) (sic); Olive Sharrington; Countess of Sussex; The Morgans; Sir John Dunstable; Mrs Overall; William Penn; William Shakespear (sic); Sir Thomas More; Dr Price; Mr Gwyn; Richard Corbet; William Twisse; Edward de Vere; Thomas Sutton; Nicholas Hill; Thomas Chaloner; Mary, Countess of Pembroke; Anne, Duchess of York; Sir Henry Blount; Sir Richard Napier; Ezreel Tonge; Doctor Kettell; Roydon; Sir William Petty; William Butler; Henry Vaughan; Young John Hoskyns; Richard Knolles; Sir Charles Cavendish; Charles Pamphlin; Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby; A Scots Lord; James Bovey; Thomas Cooper; Sir William Fleetwood; Clement Walker; Sir William Davenant; John Rishworth; John Milton; Francis Bacon's widow; William Outram; Abraham Wheloc; John Gadsbury's father; Erasmus; John Selden; Captain Yarrington; Edmund Waller; Sir John Denham; Andrew Marvell; John Holywood; Bishop Grostest of Lincoln; Francis Bacon; Sir Everard Digby; Sir W. Petty's boy.

Notes: 56 brief lives. The code at the end of the address of the printer is probably a specific identifier used by the printer, as it has been seen on all publications printed by the Dalkeith Press, such as the poems of Joseph Goodson.

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Content: Brief biography; William Penn; Sir Walter Ralegh (sic); William Shakespear (sic); William Butler; Henry Vaughan; Ezreel Tonge; Doctor Kettell; Roydon; Sir William Petty; Erasmus; Olive Sharrington; Countess of Sussex; The Morgans; Sir John Dunstable; Sir Henry Blount; Dr Price; Mr Gwyn; Richard Corbet; William Twisse; Edward de Vere; Thomas Sutton; Mrs Overall; William Penn; Sir Richard Napier; Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby; Judge David Jenkyn; A Scots Lord; James Bovey; Thomas Cooper; John Milton; Francis Bacon's widow; William Outram; Abraham Wheloc; John Gadsbury's father; Young John Hoskyns; Richard Knolles; Sir Charles Cavendish; Charles Pamphlin; Sir William Fleetwood; Clement Walker; Sir William Davenant; Sir Thomas More; Anne, Duchess of York; Bishop Grostest of Lincoln; Francis Bacon; Sir Everard Digby; Sir W. Petty's boy; Edmund Waller; Sir John Denham; John Holywood; John Selden; Captain Yarrington; Nicholas Hill; Thomas Chaloner; Mary, Countesse of Pembroke; Andrew Marvell.

Notes: This revised edition also contains 56 brief lives.

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