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The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus

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With ornamental head and tail-pieces, and initial capitals.

Acts and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the church, with a universal historie of the same

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Pagination: v. 1: [92], 1033 [i.e. 1023], [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [38], 788 [i.e. 786] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 1030 [i.e. 1020], [14], 106, [90] p., [2] leaves of plates.
V. 2 titled: The second volume of the…

Lucans Pharsalia: or, The civil-wars of Rome

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In verse.
Frontispiece portrait (plate) signed: T. Cross sculpsit.

The historie of the Councel of Trent

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Signatures: [par]? A-3Z? 4A-4G? (4A signed 3A) 4H?.
Errors in paging: nos. 879-880 omitted.
Woodcuts: coat of arms, initials, head- and tail pieces.
Includes index.

The historie and lives of the kings of England

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Engraved title page, by William Marshall (Johnson, A.F.A cat. of engraved and etched Engl. title pages, no. 54). The roman numeral date is made with turned C's.
Originally published, 1615, under title: The historie, and lives, of twentie kings of…

The historie of the Chvrch, since the dayes of our Saviovr Iesus Christ, untill this present age

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STC lists other printer's name as William Jones: "Jones printed 3A-3H; Dawson the rest."
Editor's dedication signed: A. Symson.
Centuries 1-9 are rearranged extracts of part of the text of his: A short compend of the historie of the first ten…

The life of Alfred, or, Alvred

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STC-20161, British Museum General Catalog of Printed Books, v. 194, p. 191 (610.a.26).

The Roman history

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Errata: page [18] at end.

Origines Britannicae

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By Ed. Stillingfleet.

The lives of the popes, from the time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV.

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Frontispiece portrait of Paul Rycaut signed: P. Lelij pinxit. R. White sculpsit. Title in red and black within double-rule border;
initials.
Signatures: A² a-c?d² B-6D? 6E?.
With side-glosses.
Includes index.

De re diplomatica libri VI

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In-fol. Engraved frontispiece lacking. Includes index.

An institution of general history

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First edition.
Signatures: A?-5T?, 5V²-6B², (4R² incorrectly signed 4Q²).
Pages 48, 58, 222, 503, 548, 691 incorrectly numbered 84, 56, 202, 403, 546, 666 respectively.
Includes errata.
Includes publisher's advertisements.

A chronicle of the kings of England

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Added illustrated title page, engraved;
double columns;
marginal notes. "A catalogue of the nobility": [47] p. at end.
"A catalogue of writers ... out of whom this chronicle hath been collected": 2 p. following Epistle to the reader. "The reign…