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Curious Prints and Lives of English Poets Advertised
The notice lists 12 engravings of poets and dramatis from Shakelpedr to Betterton, with prices and publishers, followed by a plan to publish The Lives and Characters of English Dramatic Poets and a broad catalog of other works on robberies, highwaymen, and medical curiosities, including Mr. Lynch’s Thieves Canting Dictionary and cures for the King's Evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shkelpedr
Ben, Johnson
Seacmiony
Fletcher
Otway
Dryden
Wytherley
Lord Lansdown
Addison
Mr.Congreve
Mr. Ronie
Mr. Betterton
Vandergude
Fise& Royal
Royal
EB. Curll
Temple
Fleet-Areet
London
Westminster
Great Britain
Alexardes Lynch
S. Briscoe
W. Vickers M
Pemberton
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleetstreec
Symon
Pope’s Head Alley
Royal Exange