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William Thomas Lowndes, "The bibliographer's manual of English literature", Volume 2, p. 1940.
Whitney. Geffrey. A choice of Emblemes, and other Devises, for the most part gathered out of sundrie Writers, englished and moralized: and divers newly devised, by Geffrey Whitney. Leyden, in the House of Christopher Plantyn, by Francis Raphelengius, 158G. 4to.
- This work is seldom found in good condition. Inglis, 1632, 1l. 8s. Reed, 7482, 1l. 13s. Bindley, pt. iv. 963, 1l. 13s. Nassau, pt. ii. 1503, 2l. 10s. Sir M. M. Sykes, pt. iii. 982, morocco, 2l. 10s. North, pt. iii. 771, russia, 3l. 4s. White Knights, 4610, russia, 5l. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 839, 8l. 8s. Collation. — The work, in two parts, consists of 230 pages, not including the title, at the back of which are the arms of Robert Earl of Leicester, then an 'epistle dedicatorie to the Earle of Leycester,' to the reader, complimentary verses, &c. together ten leaves. See Ames' Typogr. Antiquities by Herbert, Brydges' Ccnsura Literaria, and the Retrospective Review, ix. 122-40.
— James. The Life of Captain James Whitney, containing his most remarkable Robberies, and other Adventures, &c. continued to his Execution near Smithfield-Bars, the first of February, 1692-3. Printed for A. R. near Temple-Bar. 4to.
- Seventeen leaves.
- The Jacobite Robber. An Account of the famous Life and memorable Actions of Capt. Jas. Whitney. London, 1693. 4to.
- Life and Adventures of James Whitney, John Cottington alias Mul Sack, and Thomas Waters, three notorious Highwaymen and Robbers. London, 1753. 8vo.
— John. The genteel Recreation: or the Pleasure of Angling, a Poem. With a Dialogue between Piscator and Corydon. London, 1700. sm. 8vo.
- Haworth, 839, russia, 2l. 5s. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 840, 5l. 5s. — Reprint 1820 ? sm. 8vo. 2s. 6d. On Vellum. Two copies printed.
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