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Nottinghamia vetus et nova : or, An historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham
A list of the knights of the shire and burgesses of the town, copied from Prynne's Parliamentary writs, from the 23rd of Edward I. to the 16th Charles I.: 6 leaves between pages 208 and 209.
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, map, marginalia, Nottingham, quarto, travel, Woolf gift
Narrative of the United States exploring expedition
" ... This edition ... contains ... the same type, page and reading matter, as the one in imperial octavo; the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel…
The environs of London
The imprints to volumes 2-4 read: printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, jun., and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell)
The first volume is dated 1792, the second and third 1795, and the fourth 1796.
Some etchings by Samuel Lysons.
Engraved…
The first volume is dated 1792, the second and third 1795, and the fourth 1796.
Some etchings by Samuel Lysons.
Engraved…
An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex which are not described in the "Environs of London"
Title page is engraved.
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.…
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.…
Supplement to the first edition of the historical account of The environs of London
This work is the second supplement to Lysons' "The environs of London" ... A first supplement was published in 1800 ... The imprint of Strahan and Preston appears on the verso of the title-leaf and on page 493.
: 'The present volume contains all…
: 'The present volume contains all…
Short description of Norwich taken from Blomefield
Manuscript with mounted illustrations, cut from printed or engraved sources. Partially based on: Francis Blomefield's History of the city and county of Norwich (1741) Includes index.
Historical discourses, upon several occasions
Edited by Hugh Clopton.
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
Australia
Ferguson no. 7280.
Added title pages engraved.
Caption, cover and spine title: Australia illustrated.
Added title pages engraved.
Caption, cover and spine title: Australia illustrated.
The history of the castle, town and forest, of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs
1st edition 1769. With 1 page advertisement for books sold by Hargrove at Knaresbrough & Harrogate.
De bello Belgico = The history of the Low-Countrey vvarres
Portraits engraved by William Marshall and Robert Vaughan.
Includes index.
Translation of the first only of the two decades of the author's De bello Belgico, which was originally published at Rome, 1632-47.
Title ornament, head- and tail-pieces,…
Includes index.
Translation of the first only of the two decades of the author's De bello Belgico, which was originally published at Rome, 1632-47.
Title ornament, head- and tail-pieces,…
An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk
Title of volumes 1-2 in red and black; volumes 4-5 paged continuously. The first 2 volumes and part of volume 3 appeared in numbers.
Volume 1 has errata on page 808; volume 2 has errata on page 913; volume 3 has errata on page viii.
Volume 3…
Volume 1 has errata on page 808; volume 2 has errata on page 913; volume 3 has errata on page viii.
Volume 3…
Eboracum
Vol. 2 has separate title page: Book the second; contains the history of the Cathedral Church of York : with the lives of the Archbishops of that See, &c. : also the History of the Abbey of St. Mary in that City, from the foundation to its…
The antiquities of England and Wales
Engraved titlepages.
Vols. 1-5 are undated, vol. 6 has "Publish'd 30 Decr. 1785 by S. Hooper" beneath the imprint, vol. 7 is dated 1786, and vol. 8, entitled 'Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales' and without edition statement,…
Vols. 1-5 are undated, vol. 6 has "Publish'd 30 Decr. 1785 by S. Hooper" beneath the imprint, vol. 7 is dated 1786, and vol. 8, entitled 'Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales' and without edition statement,…
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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…