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J. B Trapp (1925–2005)

Author of The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Volume I: The Middle Ages through the Eighteenth Century

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Includes the names: Joseph Trapp, etc. J B Trapp, trappjosephburney

Works by J. B Trapp

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Volume I: The Middle Ages through the Eighteenth Century (1973) — Editor — 211 copies

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Volume II: 1800 to the Present (1973) 192 copies

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume I: Medieval English Literature (1973) 163 copies

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3, 1400-1557 (1999) — Editor — 37 copies

The Oxford anthology of English literature (1973) — Editor — 33 copies

King's Good Servant, Sir Thomas More, 1477/8-1535: Exhibition Catalogue (1977) 20 copies

Erasmus, Colet and More: The Early Tudor Humanists and Their Books (1991) 11 copies

Background to the English Renaissance (1976) 7 copies

E.H. Gombrich: A Bibliography (2001) 4 copies

Praelectiones poeticæ: in schola naturalis philosophiæ Oxon. habitæ 4 copies

Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (Publication / Augustan Reprint Society, No. 214-215) (1982) 2 copies

Lectures on poetry read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford. 2 copies

Abra-Mule: or, Love and empire. A tragedy [by J. Trapp.] 2 copies

The nature, folly, sin and danger of being righteous over-much : with a particular view to the doctrines and practices of certain modern enthusiasts : being the substance of four… 1 copy

The nature, usefulness and regulation of religious zeal : a sermon preached at St. Mary's, Oxon, before the Honourable Mr. Justice Fortescue Aland, and Mr. Baron Thompson, and… 1 copy

The sprite of the nunnery; a tale from the Spanish. By the author of the life of Linnæus, &c. In two volumes. 1 copy

Peace : a poem, inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke 1 copy

Lectures on poetry, 1742; (1973) 1 copy

Thoughts upon the four last things : death, judgment, heaven, hell : a poem in four parts 1 copy

The real nature of the Church or kingdom of Christ. : A sermon preach'd at the Church of S. Martin in the Fields, May 19. and at that of St. Olave Old-Jewry, and St. Martin… 1 copy

The tragedy of King Saul. Written by a deceas'd person of honour, and now made publick at the request of several men of 1 copy

Petrarch's Laura: The Portraiture of an Imaginary Beloved 1 copy

Frances A. Yates, 1899-1981 1 copy

Manuscripts in the fifty years after the invention of printing : some papers read at a colloquium at the Warburg Institute on 12-13 March 1982 (1983) 1 copy

'Binders and Collectors' in TLS 5034, 24 Sept 1999 [review of Hobson's 'Renaissance Book Colecting'] 1 copy

Studies of Petrarch and His Influence (2003) 1 copy

Associated Works

Works (translation) (1984) — some editions — 77 copies

Rome in the Renaissance : the city and the myth : papers of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval & Early Renaissance Studies (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies

The book collector, vol. 23, no. 2, Summer 1974 (1974) — Reviewer — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Trapp, J. B
Legal name: Trapp, Joseph Burney
Other names: Trapp, Joe
Birthdate: 1925-07-16
Date of death: 2005-07-14
Gender: male
Education: Victoria University College (BA|1946|MA|1947)
Dannevirke School
Occupations: academic administrator
professor
librarian
literature scholar
Organizations: Warburg Institute, University of London
Reading University
Victoria University College
Alexander Turnbull Library
Awards and honors: British Academy (Fellow, 1980)
Society of Antiquaries of London (Fellow, 1978)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1990)
Nationality: New Zealand
UK
Birthplace: Carterton, New Zealand
Places of residence: Wellington, New Zealand
London, England, UK
Place of death: London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): New Zealand

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Works cited in Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word by Matthew Battles (1)

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Statistics

Works: 26
Also by: 3
Members: 701
Popularity: #36,119
Rating: 4.2

ISBNs: 23

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