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  • Collection: 19th Century

Pictures of English history

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Vol. 1: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates; v. 2: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates. Copper-engraved plates.

Characteristics of women, moral, poetical, and historical.

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Essays on Shakespeare's female characters. Published also under the title: Shakespeare's Heroines.

True stories from English history

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Date of publication from preface: 1825.
36 plates listed on the description table; two plates printed on each leaf.

Lectures on history

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Translation of: Lec̜ons d'histoire, prononcées à l'Ecole normale, en l'an III de la République franc̜aise.

Advertisements on p. [1]-[2] at end.

A short history of Spain

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Includes bibliographical references (preface).

A Poetical History of England

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Colophon: London: printed by Nichols, Son, & Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, for the author, and sold by Law and Whitaker, Ave-Maria-Lane 1815.

The description of Britain

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"De situ Britannicae" by Charles Bertram, was a forgery claimed by him to have been copied from a manuscript written by Richard of Cirencester--National Union Catalog.

Translated by Henry Hatcher, the commentary by Thomas Leman--British Library…

Tuttle's popular history of the Dominion of Canada

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Added t.-p.: An illustrated history of the Dominion, 1535-1876.

Vol.2 has title: The comprehensive history of the Dominion of Canada ... From the confederation of 1867 to the close of 1878. Montreal, Bigney, 1879.

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition

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" ... This edition ... contains ... the same type, page and reading matter, as the one in imperial octavo; the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel…

Chronology made easy

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"Printed by C. Adlard Bartholomew Close."
Advertisements on the pastedowns, numbered i - v
Paper label on front cover.

An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex which are not described in the "Environs of London"

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Title page is engraved.

The title is taken from the etched title-plate. This is a supplement to Lysons' "The environs of London ..." (London, 1792-1796; No.1977). A further supplement was published in 1811 (No.1979).

Index of arms: p.…

The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia

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Each volume has separate illustrated title page and pagination; plates numbered continuously.

Historical descriptions, v. 4-6, by William Brockedon.

Plates dated: London : Day & Son, 1855. The firm of D. Appleton & Co. was at this address in…