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John Dryden (1631–1700)

Author of All for love, or, The world well lost

Includes the names: John Dryden, John Dryden Trans., Trans. John Dryden, ed. Louis I. Bredvold, John Dryden; Editor W.D. Christie
Also includes: John Dryden (1), William Gardner; Bradford (1)

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Works by John Dryden

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All for love, or, The world well lost 118 copies, 3 reviews
The Works of John Dryden (Wordsworth Poetry Library) 101 copies, 1 review
The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) 100 copies
Selected Works of John Dryden 76 copies
Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) 66 copies
Marriage A-La-Mode (New Mermaids) 45 copies, 1 review
Selected Poetry and Prose of John Dryden 43 copies
Poems 40 copies
Dryden: Selected Poetry (Penguin Poetry Library) 36 copies, 1 review
Poems and Fables (Oxford Paperbacks) 23 copies
The Best of Dryden 19 copies
Dryden (Three Plays) The Conquest of Granada Parts I and II, Marriage A La… 18 copies
Libertine Plays of the Restoration 17 copies
Absalom and Achitophel 16 copies, 1 review

John Dryden: Everyman's Poetry Library 13 copies

John Dryden (The Oxford Poetry Library) 11 copies

John Dryden: four tragedies 11 copies

Dryden's Essays 11 copies

Choice of Verse 11 copies

Dramatic essays, (Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays and… 11 copies

Selected Writings of Dryden 10 copies

Fables antient and modern translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace… 10 copies, 1 review

Aureng-Zebe (Bison Book) 9 copies

Virgil's Æneid 9 copies

Dryden: A Selection 8 copies

The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq; In six volumes 8 copies

Dryden (The Laurel Poetry Series) 7 copies

Of Dramatic Poesy and Other Critical Essays. Volume 2. Everyman's Library… 7 copies

The Works of Virgil Translated By John Dryden (Reprinted from the best… 7 copies, 1 review

John Dryden: Poems Selected by Charles Tomlinson (Poet to Poet: An… 7 copies

The works of John Dryden, volume VIII: Plays (The Wild Gallant, The Rival… 5 copies

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The Aeneid (Translator, some editions) 11,097 copies, 78 reviews
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Translator, some editions) 986 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost (Contributor) 491 copies, 3 reviews
Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades and… (Translator) 262 copies, 1 review
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (Contributor) 253 copies
English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (Contributor) 228 copies
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy (Norton Critical Edition) (Contributor) 166 copies, 3 reviews
Restoration Plays (Contributor) 140 copies, 1 review
Modern English Drama: Dryden; Sheridan; Goldsmith; Shelley; Browning;… (Contributor) 101 copies
Four Restoration Marriage Plays: The Soldier's Fortune; The Princess of… (Author) 22 copies

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Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK

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Aldwincle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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London, England, UK

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Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England, UK (birth)

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Westminster School (London)

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Poet Laureate of England (1668-1689)

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