Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania.
WROTH, Mary. 1621 Folio. ESTC S122291 The first published prose romance written by an Englishwoman. Wroth challenges traditional gender roles, giving female perspectives on love, marriage, and sexuality. Her heroines express desire openly and on their own terms. Urania was withdrawn from publication shortly after its release, not for its thinly-veiled erotic content, but […]
English Martyrologe.
WILSON, John. 1672 Octavo. Wing W2926C The third edition (first published in 1608). A Catholic work. This copy has the bookplate of Joseph Gillow, author of A Literary and Biographical History, of Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics (q.v.). Despite its title, The English Martyrologe is more a calendar of saints’ days than a […]
Earl of Strafforde’s letters and dispatches, with an essay towards his life by Sir George Radcliffe … Vol. 2.
WENTWORTH, Thomas, Earl of Strafford. George Radcliffe. 1739 Folio. ESTC T145338 Edited and with a dedication by William Knowler from the originals owned by Thomas Watson-Wentworth The “Essay towards his Life”, by George Radcliffe, mentioned in the title page, is appended to this volume, along with addenda and an index. Association copy, with the […]
Earl of Strafforde’s letters and dispatches, with an essay towards his life by Sir George Radcliffe … Vol. I.
WENTWORTH, Thomas, Earl of Strafford. William Knowler. 1739 Folio. ESTC T145338 Edited and with a dedication by William Knowler from the originals owned by Thomas Watson-Wentworth The “Essay towards his Life”, by George Radcliffe, mentioned in the title page, is appended to volume two (see index). Association copy, with the armorial bookplate of Godfrey […]
Arraignment of lewd, idle, froward, and unconstant women: or, The vanity of them; chuse you wheter.
SWETNAM, Joseph. 1690 Quarto. First published in 1615. This misogynistic diatribe sparked outrage and numerous rebuttals. Swetnam viciously attacks the vices he perceived in women, fueling an intense pamphlet war over gender roles in early 17th century England. The British Library, digitised by Google
Tres Thomae, seu Res Gestae S. Thomae apostoli, S. Thomae Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis et Martyris, Thomae Mori, Angliae quondam cancellarii.
STAPLETON, Thomas. 1612 Octavo. An account in Latin of Thomas the Apostle, Thomas Beckett and Thomas More. Three Thomases Private collection.
Medicina Hispánica: Or physicall aphorisms, and medicinall rules, contained in olde sayings and ancient Spanishe proverbs. (Manuscript.)
SORAPÁN DE HIEROS, Juan. James Mabbe (translator) c. 1640? Quarto manuscript. This manuscript, found among the Strangeways family papers in the Dorchester County Record Office, was written by the Stuart Hispanist James Mabbe. Dorchester County Record Office.
Narrative of Mr. John Smith.
SMITH, John. 1679 Folio. R15413 One of several accounts purporting to support Oates’s claim of a Catholic plot to assassinate King Charles II and bring his Catholic brother to the throne. Popish Plot Private collection.
Grand Imposture of the (now) Church of Rome manifested in this one article of the new Romane Creede.
MORTON, Thomas. 1628 Octavo. ESTC S112909 The second edition, revised, with additions. British Library, digitized by Google.
The Information of Stephen Dugdale.
DUGDALE, Stephen. R504 One of several accounts purporting to support Oates’s claim of a Catholic plot to assassinate King Charles II and bring his Catholic brother to the throne. Popish Plot