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John DRYDEN 1631-1700
Biographical Note
Poet and playwright.
Books
A tentative list of books thought to have been owned by him was compiled in 1940. Known to have bought books at the 1682 sale of Richard Smith’s library.
Sources
- Birrell, T. John Dryden’s purchases at two book auctions, English Studies 42 (1961), 1-25.
- Birrell, T. A. Books and buyers in 17th-century English auction sales, in R. Myers et al (eds), Under the hammer, London, 2001, 51-64.
- Hammond, P. Dryden’s library, Notes and Queries 229 (1984), 344-5.
- Hammond, Paul. "Dryden, John (1631–1700), poet, playwright, and critic." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Osborn, J. M. John Dryden, 1940, 229-33.