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A compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles

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Collected and written by William Sanderson, esq.

The reign of King Charles

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The history extends to 1641 only.
Plate has engraved title page. on recto and blank verso.
Signatures: A-2M?.

Historiae Anglicanae scriptores X

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"Lectori" signed: Roger Twysden.
Title words "Simeon ... Londoniensis" are gathered by a right brace;
title words "Johannes ... Leicestrensis" are gathered by a left brace. Signatures: ¹A? a-f? g1 A? B-5B? 5C-5F? 5G² ²A-²2C? ²2D? ²2E-²2M? ²2N?.…

The history of Great Britain

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In this edition, the title contains the words "James" and "access" and the imprint contains "door".
In another ed. published the same year, these read as "Iames" "accesse" and "dore."
Signatures: A? B-T? V-X? Y-2O? 2P² 2Q?. Leaves in gathering X…

Buchanan's History of Scotland

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Translation of: Rerum Scoticarum historia.
Vol. 2 imprint varies: London : Printed by H. Parker for D. Midwinter and A. Ward in Little-Britain ..., MDCCXXXIII.
Includes index.

The works of Flavius Josephus

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Title page in red and black.

The divine catastrophe of the kingly family of the House of Stuarts

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Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed.
Price one shilling on title page.
The ornaments are those used by William Bowyer.

The history of Great-Britain

The breviary has separate t.p. and pagination.
The date of 1573 given on that title page is that of Llwyd's edition.

The civil history of the kingdom of Naples

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Head- and tailpieces, initials.
List of subscribers.
Includes bibliographical references, index and errata.
1729.
1731.

Firma burg

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Title vignette.
Engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, the former signed variously by: Jos. Grisoni, Vertue, and J. Clark.
List of subscribers: preliminary p. [10]-[12].
Last page blank.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mostly…

The lives and characters, of the officers of the crown, and of the state in Scotland

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The final leaf entitled: 'The appendix. Num. XXXIII' is lacking.
No more published.

Observations introductory to an historical essay upon the Knighthood of the Bath

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The first unnumbered leaf contains an advertisement and errata.
A reissue of that "printed for James Woodman, and sold by J. Roberts" with reset titlepage.
Signatures: [A]2 B-M4, 2A-2O4

Remarks upon the antient and present state of London

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Signed at end: J. Woodward.
Price from imprint: Price 1 s.

The general history of Ireland

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Circulated in manuscript during the late seventeenth century as 'Foras feasa ar Éirinn'.
It was translated into English by Dermot O'Connor, and printed for the first time in 1723 under the title, 'A general history of Ireland'. - With a list of…