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===by John Dryden===
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}}[[wikipedia:John Dryden|John Dryden]] (1631 &ndash; 1700) was an influential and innovative poet, critic, playwright, and translator.<ref>Paul Hammond, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8108 "Dryden, John (1631–1700),"] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed September 24, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> Dryden began his career as a poet, influenced by his love of Greek and Roman poetry, and later established his profession in theater. Dryden stopped writing plays for the stage with the outbreak of the plague in London in 1665, but continued to write other types of work. His works show his belief in divine providence, and his interest in fanciful adaptations of classic works, including those of [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[wikipedia:John Milton|Milton]], and political satire supporting [[wikipedia:Charles II of England|King Charles II]].

[[File:DrydenDramaticWorks1762V1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]]
In the 1660s-70s, Dryden's work became dominated by the heroic drama and critical essays. He fiercely praised the use of "dramatick" rhyme and language in his plays.<ref>Samuel Johnson “The Life of Dryden," ''Lives of the English Poets'', ed. G.B. Hill (Clarendon Press, 1905), as transcribed by [http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/dryden.html Jack Lynch].</ref> In 1680 he contracted with a bookseller, a turning point in his career when he began translating Greek and Roman classics.<ref> Tina Skouen, “The Vocal Wit of John Dryden,” ''Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric'', 24, No. 4 (University of California Press, 2006), p. 373.</ref>

In 1685, Dryden converted to Catholicism, and his works evolved from his modern and secular tone to become dominated by religious devotion.<ref> Felicity Rosslyn, "Dryden: Poet or Translator?" ''Translation &amp; Literature'' 10, no. 1: 21 (Academic Search Complete, 2001), pp. 24-25.</ref> Dryden published his three-year project translating all the works of [[wikipedia:Virgil|Virgil]] in 1697 while suffering from brain cancer.

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Dryden's works. 6.v. 12mo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his granddaughters, [[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead|Ann]] and [[Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge|Ellen Randolph]]. The precise edition of the set owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on November 18, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much, adding "Six-volume editions in duodecimo were published at London in 1717, 1725, 1735, and 1762-63." The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the 1762-1763 edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:538 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=558 no.4543]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased a copy of the 1762-1763 edition.

[[File:DrydenDramatickWorks1762v4Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Frontispiece, volume four.</center>]]
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in half brown calf with marbled boards and endpapers, spines have raised bands with 2 dark brown labels lettered in gilt. Gilt decoration on the remainder of the spine and all edges gilt. Purchased from Gibson Galleries. 

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637447421605 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991017486609703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

==Works in this set==

<div id="toc" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"><h2>Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><h2>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6d21tp5j&view=1up&seq=33 Volume I]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1.1"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">''An Essay of Dramatick Poesie''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1.2"><span class="tocnumber">85</span> <span class="toctext">''The Wild Gallant''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1.3"><span class="tocnumber">169</span> <span class="toctext">''The Rival Ladies''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1.4"><span class="tocnumber">249</span> <span class="toctext">''The Indian Queen''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1.5"><span class="tocnumber">295</span> <span class="toctext">''The Indian Emperor: Or, the Conquest of Mexico''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><h2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ScyZC_gE_owC&pg=PA1 Volume II]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.1"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">''Secret Love: Or, the Maiden Queen''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.2"><span class="tocnumber">89</span> <span class="toctext">''Sir Martin Mar-all: Or, The Feign's Innocence''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.3"><span class="tocnumber">171</span> <span class="toctext">''The Tempest: Or, The Enchanted Island''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.4"><span class="tocnumber">281</span> <span class="toctext">''Evening's Love: Or, The Mock Astrologer''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.5"><span class="tocnumber">382</span> <span class="toctext">''Tyrannick Love: Or, The Royal Martyr''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><h2>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2s46k151;view=1up;seq=7 Volume III]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.1"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">''Almanzor and Almahide: Or, The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. In Two Parts''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.2"><span class="tocnumber">177</span> <span class="toctext">''Marriage A-La-Mode''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.3"><span class="tocnumber">271</span> <span class="toctext">''The Assignation: Or, Love in a Nunnery''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2.4"><span class="tocnumber">281</span> <span class="toctext">''Amboyna: Or, The Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><h2>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8gf0q56n;view=1up;seq=7 Volume IV]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4.1"><span class="tocnumber">29</span> <span class="toctext">''The State of Innocence, and the Fall of Man''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4.2"><span class="tocnumber">71</span> <span class="toctext">''Aurenge-Zebe: Or, the Great Mogul''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4.3"><span class="tocnumber">171</span> <span class="toctext">''All for Love: Of, the World well Lost''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4.4"><span class="tocnumber">273</span> <span class="toctext">''Limberham: Or, the Kind-Keeper''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4.5"><span class="tocnumber">367</span> <span class="toctext">''Oedipus''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><h2>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t13n22784;view=1up;seq=7 Volume V]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5.1"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">''Triolus and Cressida: Or, Truth found too late''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5.2"><span class="tocnumber">123</span> <span class="toctext">''The Spanish Fryar, Or, The Double Discovery''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5.3"><span class="tocnumber">223</span> <span class="toctext">''The Duke of Guise''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5.4"><span class="tocnumber">311</span> <span class="toctext">''Vindication of the Duke of Guise''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5.5"><span class="tocnumber">363</span> <span class="toctext">''Albion and Albianus''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><h2>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8x923s18;view=1up;seq=7 Volume VI]</h2></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6.1"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">''Don Sebastian, King of Portugal''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6.2"><span class="tocnumber">143</span> <span class="toctext">''Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosia's''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6.3"><span class="tocnumber">233, 283</span> <span class="toctext">''Cleomenes,The Spartan Heroe''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6.4"><span class="tocnumber">351</span> <span class="toctext">''King Arthur; Or, The British Worthy''</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6.5"><span class="tocnumber">411</span> <span class="toctext">''Love Triumphant: Or, Nature will prevail''</span></li>
</ul>
</div>

==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]
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==References==
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