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The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury plain, restored
Printer suggested by colophon to the collection.
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
The liues of the III. Normans, Kings of England
Dedication signed: I. Hayvvard.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-2Q⁴ 2R².
"Escapes" (i.e., errata)--page 314.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-2Q⁴ 2R².
"Escapes" (i.e., errata)--page 314.
The life of Edward lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by himself.
Title page vignette of Strawberry Hill in black line border.Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.Originally issued with folded pedigree, which followed the Advertisement, pp.[9-10]; this pedigree was found to contain errors, and was corrected in some…
The history of Wales
Titlepage in red and black,
With an appendix containing a collection of documents in Latin,
"It is more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh" (DNB), and the original English version "The historie of Cambria" was a text patched…
With an appendix containing a collection of documents in Latin,
"It is more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh" (DNB), and the original English version "The historie of Cambria" was a text patched…
The history of the Reformation of the Church of England.
Parts 1 and 2 have half-titles: "The first part of The history of the Reformation" and "The second part of The history of the Reformation"
Title page printed in black and red typefaces
Vol. 3 is the first edition of the supplement, with the…
Title page printed in black and red typefaces
Vol. 3 is the first edition of the supplement, with the…
The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England
Ordinary paper issue.
With a half-title.
In this edition, l.14 of v.1 titlepage reads: "Counsellor".
The third preliminary leaf in v.1 contains a royal privilege, dated 24 June 1703, for the publication of v.2-3; it is from the same setting…
With a half-title.
In this edition, l.14 of v.1 titlepage reads: "Counsellor".
The third preliminary leaf in v.1 contains a royal privilege, dated 24 June 1703, for the publication of v.2-3; it is from the same setting…
The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches
Titlepage to volume II has a full-stop after 'Anglicanum' ; the imprint reads : Printed for Jos. Smith, Tho. Taylor, Luke Stokoe, John Senex, W. Taylor, T. Meighan, J. Batley, And. Johnston, W. Bray, R. King, and Tho. Cox. MDCCXXIII.
Titlepages…
Titlepages…
The history of the ancient and moderne estate of the principality of Wales, dutchy of Cornewall, and earldome of Chester
The last leaf is blank.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ (*)⁴ A-S⁴.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ (*)⁴ A-S⁴.
The history of Scotland
Index.
List of subscribers: p. [ix]-xiv.
Title page ornament, head- and tail-pieces, initials.
With a list of subscribers and an index. Another impression of the royal paper edition of 1727, with the preliminaries reset; the first word of the…
List of subscribers: p. [ix]-xiv.
Title page ornament, head- and tail-pieces, initials.
With a list of subscribers and an index. Another impression of the royal paper edition of 1727, with the preliminaries reset; the first word of the…
The history of England
Includes index.
The pagination and register are continuous.
Title page in red and black.
With engraved frontispiece portrait of author by G. Vertue dated 1713.
The pagination and register are continuous.
Title page in red and black.
With engraved frontispiece portrait of author by G. Vertue dated 1713.
The history of Dion Cassius abridg'd by Xiphilin
Vol. 2 t.p. standing of v. 1 except: "The second volume" for "In two volumes" and "Pater-noster-Row" for "Paternoster-Row."
Vol. 1: [22], 407, [1]; v. 2: [8], 375, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁴(-a4) B-2C⁸ 2D⁴(2D4 verso blank); v. 2: A⁴ B-2A⁸…
Vol. 1: [22], 407, [1]; v. 2: [8], 375, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁴(-a4) B-2C⁸ 2D⁴(2D4 verso blank); v. 2: A⁴ B-2A⁸…
The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof
Author's name taken from Alden.
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated…
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated…
The historie of Great Britaine vnder the conqvests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans
First word of title is xylographic.
"T. Cotes pr[inted]. Aaaa to end"--STC.
Title page followed by dedication to King James.
Frontispiece: portrait of the author signed by S[alomon] Savery Sculp.
Published as a continuation of his "Theatre of…
"T. Cotes pr[inted]. Aaaa to end"--STC.
Title page followed by dedication to King James.
Frontispiece: portrait of the author signed by S[alomon] Savery Sculp.
Published as a continuation of his "Theatre of…
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…