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Vale royal of England
Added engraved title page: Description historicall & geographicall of the countie palatine of Chester & illustrated with diuers figures cutt in copper & published by Daniel King of Chester 1656 "Epistle dedicatory" signed by Daniel King.…
Tubus historicus: : an historicall perspective; discovering all the empires and kingdomes of the world, as they flourisht respectively under the foure imperiall monarchies. Faithfully composed out of the most approved authours, and exactly digested according to the supputation of the best chronologers. (With a catalogue of the kings and emperours of the chiefe nations of the world.) /
With a frontispiece portrait of Charles II, the dedicatee, as a boy. -- Cor. v. Dalen, sculp.
Dedication "To the most illustrious and hopefull Prince Charles, prince of Great Britaine ..."
Signatures: [A]? B-D? (A1, D3 verso and D4 blank).
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Dedication "To the most illustrious and hopefull Prince Charles, prince of Great Britaine ..."
Signatures: [A]? B-D? (A1, D3 verso and D4 blank).
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Truth brought to light, or, The history of the first 14 years of King James I
Anonymous. By Michael Sparke; A new edition of "The narrative history of King James, for the first fourteen years", with an entirely new preface; With additional engraved emblematic title page (plate) which reads "Truth brought to light by Time, or…
Tresor Royal certificate
Part Transcription: "Je Jean-Baptiste Brunet, Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils, Garde de son Tresor Royal, confesse avoir receu comptant en cetter Ville de Paris, de [blank] ... Quittance du Garde du Tresor Royal, Année mil six cens quatre-vingt…
Titles of honor
Numerous errors in paging, including: 68-97 omitted, 101-102 repeated in the numbering.
Title-page printed in red and black.
Wood-cut decorated head-piece and decorated initials, numerous engraved images of coins, crown designs, and medals of…
Title-page printed in red and black.
Wood-cut decorated head-piece and decorated initials, numerous engraved images of coins, crown designs, and medals of…
The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier
A translation, by John Phillips, of: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste. Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and…
Printer's name from Wing CD.
The second part has separate title page with imprint "printed in the year, 1678", pagination and…
The secret history of White-hall
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank; "Published (or rather written) by D.J." Brit. mus. Catalogue.
The Romane historie
The first word of the title is xylographic.
"The topographie of Rome" is a revised translation of: Marliani, Bartolomeo. Topographia antiquae Romae.
The "Breviaries" are a translation of: Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epitomae rerum Romanarum (for…
"The topographie of Rome" is a revised translation of: Marliani, Bartolomeo. Topographia antiquae Romae.
The "Breviaries" are a translation of: Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epitomae rerum Romanarum (for…
The primitive origination of mankind, considered and examined according to the light of nature
The imprint date is made using turned c's.
The portrait of the author is signed: F.H. Van. Houe: sculp.
The portrait of the author is signed: F.H. Van. Houe: sculp.
The Memoirs of Robert Carey
Engraved frontispiece of Elizabeth I in procession, Includes index, and Errata--page [5] at end
The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth
The portrait of Henry VIII is engraved by Thomas Cecil.
The imperiall historie, or, The liues of the emperours, from Iulius Caesar, the first founder of the Roman monarchy, vnto this present yeere
An expanded translation, by W. Traheron, of: Historia imperial y cesárea.
Printer's name from STC.
With an additional title page, engraved: The imperiall history.
The first leaf is blank.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Includes…
Printer's name from STC.
With an additional title page, engraved: The imperiall history.
The first leaf is blank.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Includes…
The history of the vvorld
"To the reader" signed: R.P., who claims responsibility for the translation, the continuation to 1659, and the "geographicall description."
"A geographicall description of the world" has individual dated title page and separate pagination; the…
"A geographicall description of the world" has individual dated title page and separate pagination; the…
The history of the rebellions in England, Scotland, and Ireland
With frontispiece portrait of Charles I on leaf A1v; Title page is A2; A reissue of the edition, with cancel title page, with line 14 of title page ending "1685", and with line 16 of the title page reading "By Sir Roger Manley, Kt."; Marginal notes;…
The history of the crusade; or, The expeditions of the Christian princes for the conquest of the Holy Land. Written originally in French, by the fam'd Mounsieur Maimbourg. Englished by John Nalson, LL. D.
Translation of: Histoire des Croisades.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
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Polychronicon
Translated and continued by John Trevisa; revised and expanded to 1460 by William Caxton.Imprint from ISTC; colophon (referring to the preparation of…