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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

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

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

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.

A General History of Printing

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

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

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

Matthaei Paris, monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia major

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

History and Antiquities of St. Saviour's, Southwark

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

London and Birminghame Steam Carriage Company Shares

transcription: London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company. Capital, Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in 10,000 shares of £20 each. This is to certify that [illegible] is a proprietor of five shares in the capital stock of the London and Birmingham…

Tags: 19th century, early car company, engraving, London, London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company, monogram, share

Lipton, Limited. Ordinary Share Certificate

Transcription: [within engraved frame] No. 061737 Ordinary share certificate Capital 2,000,000 divided into 1,000,000 five percent cumulative preference shares of £1 each numbered 1 to 1,000,000 both inclusive entitled to a fixed cumulative…

Tags: border, Colombo, engraving, Glasgow, Limited, Lipton, Liverpool, London, share, tea, vignettes

A Concise History of England

Vols. 1-3 lack imprint date; preface dated Aug. 10, 1775; Imprints in vols. 2-4 read: "Printed by R. Hawes, (no. 40) the Corner of Dorset-Street, Crispin-Street, Spitalfields"; Includes index in v.4

Tags: 18th century, death of, Elizabeth Williams, England, George II, George the Second, London, Robert Hawes

Annales, or, A generall chronicle of England

Frequent errors in pagination.

Title within architectural woodcut border.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes.

Printed in double columns.

Printed by John Beale, Bernard Alsop, Thomas Fawcett, and Augustine Mathewes.…

Tags: 17th century, Cambridge, England, Great Britain, history, London, Oxford, Schulich gift, universities and colleges

The History of the Church of Scotland

Title page printed in red and black; Contains a short life of the author signed "D. M.", attributed to Brian Duppa, bishop of Winchester; Frontis. portrait (A1v) of the author signed: W: Hollar fecit; Includes indexes; With final errata leaf and with…

Tags: 17th century, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Church of Scotland, folio, History of Scotland, J. Flesher, John Spotswood, King Charles I, London, political history, religion, Scotland

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster

The title pages are engraved.

Title page of volume II spells "chapels" with a single "p".

Each volume contains a list of subscribers, together with their coats of arms.

Ordinary paper issue: height = 40cm. Gutter margin = 2cm.

Date of…

Tags: 18th century, Anglo-Saxons, architecture, Christianity, church buildings, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, London, monuments, poetry, Westminster, Woolf gift

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