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The history of the town of Taunton, in the county of Somerset (embellished with plates)

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Includes list of subscribers.

With a half-title, bearing on the verso proposals for an appendix to this work.

An errata slip is pasted to the foot of the final page.

The history of the parishes of Whiteford and Holywell

Title page
Engraved title page.

In 2 parts, the second having separate, engraved title page: History of Holywell parish, and separate register; the pagination is almost continuous.

Errata on page 328.

Of "Appendix": The five royal tribes of Cambria…

The history of the bucaniers of America

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Collation: v. 1: [6], 354 pages, [9] leaves of plates (incl. 3 folded maps); v. 2: [2], 406, [24] pages.

Exquemelin's "De americaensche zee-roovers," Amsterdam, 1678, was translated into Spanish in 1681 and thence by an anonymous translator into…

The history of philosophy

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Published in 19 parts.

Pagination is irregular.

'The history of the Chaldaick philosophy' (pts. 14-19) has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for A. and J. Churchill", and separate pagination.

Includes index.

Portrait of…

The history of Great Britain

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B.C. 55-A.D. 1547. Consists of six books, each bound in two volumes.

Vols. 11-12 dated 1799. In volumes 11-12, dated 1799, imprint omits 'Printed by A. Strahan'.

The author of this work died before its completion. Chapters 5 and 7 of book 6…

The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George

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Dedication, which is printed in red, to Frederick, Prince of Wales, signed by Pote.

With an initial licence leaf and a list of subscribers.

Title page in red and black.

Etched portrait of Frederick by Richard Parr. Plates etched by Parr,…

The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset

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Map engraved by A. Crocker, dated: March 3, 1792.

Volume 1 includes list of subscribers. 'Proposals for printing by subscription, The history of the county of Somerset' were issued in October 1784. Volume 2, pages 97-104 incorrectly numbered…

The history and antiquities of the county of Essex

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Illustrated with copper plates.

Ordinary paper issue.

With a list of subscribers in volume 1.

Vol. 1 includes the author's History of Colchester (originally published as a separate work in 1748) with special title page.: The history and…

The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol

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Dedication dated: Wraxal, April 15, 1789.

Frontispiece (folded map) dated: "Published according to Act of Parliament 29th. Sepr. 1780."

With a list of subscribers.

Page 228 misnumbered 128.

The history and antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey Church of Bath.

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Authorship ascribed to Rawlinson in BM and NUC Pre-1956.

A reissue of the 1719 edition with a new title page.

Includes (with separate t.p.): "A vindication of the King's sovereign rights," by Thomas Pierce, with "Connubium regiæ prærogativæ,…

The history and antiquities of the cathedral church of Canterbury

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Dedication signed by the engraver, James Cole.

Pages lvii, lviii of the Appendix misnumbered lv, lvi. Pagination sequence includes numbered plates, most of which are printed and numbered on recto only. Pages numbered 33, 35- 36, 41, 44, 49, 54,…