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History and Antiquities of St. Saviour's, Southwark

Tags: 18th century, Christianity, church buildings, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, London, octavo, Woolf gift

Matthaei Paris, monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia major

Tags: 17th century, English History, London, Matthaei Paris, Monks, quarto, Richard Hodgkinsons, St. Albany

The history of Hertfordshire

Map signed: "J. Clark sculp." ; Initials; headpieces, tailpiece.
Printed in double columns; Errata: p. 368; "List of the names of subscribers": pages [7]-[8].

Tags: 18th century, descriptions, double columns, early works to 1800, England, Great Britain, Hertfordshire, history, land possession, London, map, monuments, romans, travel

The Memoirs of Robert Carey

Engraved frontispiece of Elizabeth I in procession, Includes index, and Errata--page [5] at end

Tags: 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, Baron of Leppington, Earl of Monmouth, England, Great Britain, history, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London, memoirs, Prince of Wales, prints, Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Cary, Schulich-Woolf

A General History of Printing

Tags: 18th century, european, folio, history of printing, London, Mentz, Pater-noster-row, printing, printing press, Samuel Palmer

A journey from London to the Isle of Wight

Running title, v. 2: From Dover to the Land's-End.
The narrative of a tour from the Isle of Wight to Land's End was projected, but apparently not published. -- cf. Adv., v. 2, p. [v] at front.
Advertisement: [2] pages at end of volume 2.

The history of the Church of Great Britain

Attributed to William Gearing by Wing; Sometimes attributed to William Geaves and George Geaves; Title within double-rule border; head-pieces, initials; printed marginal notes; Numerous errors in paging; Errata: p. [18] at end

Tags: 17th century, bishops, Church of Great Britain, early works to 1800, English cardinals, English History, George Geaves, London, Philip Chetwind, religious orders, Thomas Passinger, Thomas Taylor, William Gearing, William Geaves, Wing

The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent

Signatures: [A]-6R² 6S⁴. Text printed in double columns. Tail-pieces. Press figures. Published in parts. "A list of subscribers ... ": pages [1]-[4] at end. Publisher's advertisement at bottom of p. [2] at end.

Tags: 18th century, coats of arms, engraved illustrations, history, London, maps, portraits, Southwark, travel, Westminster

A new history of the succession of the crown of England

"Licens'd, June 9. 1690. J. Fraser."; "A Catalogue of the Historians cited in the following Collection, and the Times when they lived"--Page [8]; Signatures: A-I.

Tags: 17th century, collection of history, early works to 1800, England, Great Britain, Henry VIII, historians, King Egbert, kings and rulers, late 1600's, London, monarchy, Royal Family, succession of the crown

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