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Contents: A dialogue between Old England and New concerning their present troubles, anno 1642.—In honor of that high and mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of happy memory.—To the memory of my dear and ever honored father Thomas Dudley, Esq., who deceased July 31, 1653, and of his age 77.—An epitaph on my dear and ever honored mother Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, who deceased December 27, 1643, and of her age 61.—The author to her book.—To my dear and loving husband.—In reference to her children 23 June, 1659.—In thankful remembrance for my dear husband’s safe arrival, September 3, 1662.

—— The poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). Together with her prose remains. With an introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. [New York:] The Duodecimos, mdcccxcvii. 2 p.l., xliv p., 2 l., 347 p., 1 l., 3 pl., 9 ports. 12º.

NBG

No. 132 of 132 copies on hand-made paper.

Contains facsimiles of title-pages of the first three original editions, and of the 1867 edition edited by J. H. Ellis.

—— Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse, and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first monarchyes viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and beginning of the Romane Common-wealth to the end of their last king: with diverse other pleasant & serious poems; By a Gentle-woman in New-England [i.e., Anne Bradstreet]. The second edition, corrected by the author and enlarged by an addition of several other poems found amongst her papers after death. Boston, Printed by John Foster, 1678. 7 p.l., 255 p. 24º.

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Title-page mutilated; pages 247-255 lacking.

—— Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained, a compleat discourse and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first monarchies, viz. the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman common wealth, from its beginning to the end of their last king. With divers other pleasant and serious poems. By a Gentle-woman in New-England [i.e., Anne Bradstreet]. The third edition, corrected by the author, and enlarged by an addition of several other poems found amongst her papers after her death. Re-printed from the second edition, in the year m. dcc. lviii. 1 p.l., iii-xiii, 233 p. 16º.

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p. 223-224, 229-230, 233 lacking.

—— The tenth muse lately sprung up in America. Or severall poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight. Wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse and description of the four: elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitomie of the four monarchies, viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman. Also a dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasant and serious poems. [By Anne Bradstreet.] Printed at London for Stephen Bowtell at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley. 1650. 7 p.l., 207 p. 24º.

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—— The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse. Edited by John Harvard Ellis. Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1867. 3 p.l., vii-lxxvi, 434 p., 1 pl., 1 port. 4º.

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No. 192 of 250 copies printed.

Branagan, Thomas. Avenia, or A tragical poem, on the oppression of the human species; and infringement on the rights of man. In five books. With notes explanatory and miscellaneous. Written in imitation of Homer’s Iliad.—A new edition.—To which is added the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Branagan. Author of Preliminary essays, Serious remonstrance, Penitential tyrant, &c. &c. Philadelphia: Printed, and sold by J. Cline, No. 125, South Eleventh Street. 1810. 2 p.l., 5-324 p., front. 24º.

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Branch, William. Life, a poem in three books; descriptive of the various characters in life; the different passions, with their moral influence; the good and evil resulting from their sway; and of the perfect man. Dedicated to the social and political welfare of the people of the United States. By William Branch, junior, of Prince Edward, Virginia. Richmond [Va.]: From the Franklin Press. W. W. Gray, printer. 1819. 1 p.l., (i)iv-xii p., 1 l., 3-218 p., 1 l. 16º.

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The Breechiad, a poem. Theresa. Boston: Printed by Belcher and Armstrong. State Street. 1807. 1 p.l., 11-22 p., 1 l. 12º.

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Brockway, Thomas. The gospel tragedy: An epic poem. In four books. [By Thomas Brockway.] Published according to act of Congress. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by James R. Hutchins, mdccxcv. 1 p.l., (i)iii-iv p., 1 l., (1)8-119 p., front. 16º.