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An archaeological dictionary, or, Classical antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans
Printed in double columns.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, archaeology, dictionary, octavo, Woolf gift
An essay on history
With a half-title page.
Errata on page 159.
Tags: 18th century, history, in verse, quarto, Woolf gift
An essay on the history of civil society
Tags: 18th century, history, octavo, social science, Woolf gift
An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain
Advertisement and Errata on unnumbered pages following the preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, feudal law, Great Britain, history, Woolf gift
An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex which are not described in the "Environs of London"
The title is taken from the etched title-plate. This is a supplement to Lysons' "The environs of London ..." (London, 1792-1796; No.1977). A further supplement was published in 1811 (No.1979).
Index of arms: p.…
An historical dissertation concerning the antiquity of the English constitution
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, law, octavo, political science, Woolf gift
An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession of the house of Stewart
Errata: p. [19] at the end.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, law, octavo, political science, royalty, Woolf gift
An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed in Gainsborough (ESTC)
"This work has been ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield"--Hackett and Laing.…
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, England, history, Woolf gift
An introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of Europe
Appendix t.p. title: Appendix containing an introduction to the history of the principal soveraign states of Italy, viz. Venice, Modena, Mantua, Florence, and Savoy.
Includes index.
An introduction to universal history
With half-title.
Tags: 18th century, Africa, Asia, Europe, geography, history, illustrated, map, North America, South America, Woolf gift
Andrews' History of Great Britain
Errata page at the end of each volume.
Annali ecclesiastici
Engraved title page, signed Daniel Widman.
Tags: 17th century, Christianity, history, manicule, religion, Woolf gift
Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures
Volumes 3-5 are dated 1722.
Argumentum anti-Normannicum, or, An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword; in the sense of our modern writers
Tags: 17th century, Great Britain, history, Woolf gift
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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…