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- Tags: Woolf gift
The History of the Revolution in Sweden
Tags: 18th century, history, map, octavo, Sweden, Woolf gift
Picturesque antiquities of Scotland
Intended as a supplement to Pennant's Tour in Scotland.
The letter press descriptions are by the artist. Each unnumbered leaf has an illustration and letterpress text.…
An essay on the history of civil society
Tags: 18th century, history, octavo, social science, Woolf gift
Pictures of English history
The peerage of England
Volume I. Of the Royal Family -- Dukes -- Marquisses -- Earls -- Volume II. Viscounts -- Barons.
Romae antiquae notitia, or, The antiquities of Rome
Advertisements on final leaf.
Includes index.
Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures
Volumes 3-5 are dated 1722.
The supplement to Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures
The work is divided into five volumes, but paginated and signed continuously (most copies are bound as a single volume).
The title is taken from the…
A short view of the English history
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, royalty, Woolf gift
A History of all the real and threatened invasions of England, from the landing of Julius Cæsar, to the present period
With a half-title.
A reissue of the edition with the 188-page main section; added pages 189-96 to cover events in June 1794.
Lectures on history
Advertisements on p. [1]-[2] at end.
Tags: 19th century, history, philosophy, Woolf gift
History of Canada
Booksellers' advertisements: [9] p. at end of v. 2.
Tags: 18th century, Canada, duodecimo, First Nations, history, Iroquois, North America, Woolf gift
The description of Britain
Translated by Henry Hatcher, the commentary by Thomas Leman--British Library…
Tags: 19th century, Great Britain, history, Ireland, map, marginalia, Roman Britain, travel, Woolf gift
Nottinghamia vetus et nova : or, An historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, map, marginalia, Nottingham, quarto, travel, Woolf gift
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…