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Pages in category "17th-century books" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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John Oldmixon – The Grove, or Love's Paradise published ("semi-opera", music by Henry Purcell) William Philips – St. Stephen's Green; Mary Pix – The Beau Defeated; Nicholas Rowe – The Ambitious Stepmother; Thomas Southerne – The Fate of Capua: A tragedy, performed about April [4] John Vanbrugh – The Pilgrim: A comedy, anonymous ...
March 14 – Richard Steele launches The Plebeian, in opposition to government policy on peerages. [1] [2]April 23–25 – Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe is published in London (by W. Taylor) as his first work of fiction, written aged about 60. [3]
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
A Collection of Old Ballads is an anonymous book published 1723–1725 in three volumes in London by Roberts and Leach. It was the second major collection of British folksongs to be published, following Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy (published 1719–1720).
List of German church cantatas by George Frideric Handel HWV Title Composed notes 229-1 Das gantze Haupt ist krank à 8 Halle, c. 1700–03 music lost 229-2 Es ist der alte Bund, Mensch à 12 Halle, c. 1700–03 music lost 229-3 Führwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit à 15 Halle, c. 1700–03 music lost 229-4
This category is for articles on history books published in the 17th century. 12th; 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; ... This list may not reflect ...