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The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury plain, restored
Printer suggested by colophon to the collection.
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
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.
Robin Hood
Compiled and edited by Joseph Ritson.
Pagination: v. 1: [4], cxviii, [2], 167, [1] p.; v. 2: [8], 220, [4] p.
With half titles.
Illustrations are head and tail vignettes by John and Thomas Bewick (see Dobson).
Glossaries in each…
Pagination: v. 1: [4], cxviii, [2], 167, [1] p.; v. 2: [8], 220, [4] p.
With half titles.
Illustrations are head and tail vignettes by John and Thomas Bewick (see Dobson).
Glossaries in each…
History of Winchester
Dedication dated: Sept. 2, 1772.
Sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Warton.
Errors in paging, v. 2: 252 numbered 225; 265-268 omitted.
Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ;…
Sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Warton.
Errors in paging, v. 2: 252 numbered 225; 265-268 omitted.
Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ;…
History and antiquities of Durham
Engraved title page, with vignette.
First edition, 1785-94.
Contains numerous pedigrees.
A biographical sketch of John Egerton, bp. of Durham, by Francis H. Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater: v. 3, p. iii-xiii.
Imprint varies: v. 3,…
First edition, 1785-94.
Contains numerous pedigrees.
A biographical sketch of John Egerton, bp. of Durham, by Francis H. Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater: v. 3, p. iii-xiii.
Imprint varies: v. 3,…
History of the conquest of Mexico
Includes index.
The history and antiquities of Tewkesbury
Title vignette.
A list of additional subscribers is found after page xvi; the table of contents is after page xxiv.
A list of additional subscribers is found after page xvi; the table of contents is after page xxiv.
History of York
British Museum catalog gives William Combe as supposed author.
"Principally a compilation from Drake's History, from whence the plates have been borrowed, and possesses very little interest." -- Boyne. Yorkshire library.
"Principally a compilation from Drake's History, from whence the plates have been borrowed, and possesses very little interest." -- Boyne. Yorkshire library.
Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall.
"List of subscribers": preliminary p. [viii]-ix.
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."…
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."…
The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol
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.
Frontispiece (folded map) dated: "Published according to Act of Parliament 29th. Sepr. 1780."
With a list of subscribers.
Page 228 misnumbered 128.
Parochial antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks
"The history of Allchester near Bircester in Oxfordshire": p. 683-703.
"A glossary to explain the original, the acceptation, and obsoleteness of words and phrases": 116 p. at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A glossary to explain the original, the acceptation, and obsoleteness of words and phrases": 116 p. at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Præstantium aliquot theologorum, qui Rom. antichristum præcipuè oppugnarunt, effigies : quibus addita e'logia liborumq[ue] catalogi / operâ Iac. Verheiden.
Printer's statement from colophon. With 50 engraved portraits of Reformers, including Thomas Cranmer, John Knox and John Bale, and one allegorical plate. Engraved portraits are signed H, Hh, Hhon, HAB and are by Heinrich Hondius the elder; title page…
Batauorum cum Romanis bellum : à Corn. Tacito lib. IV. & V. Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum = De batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen / auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatauo.
Parallel text in Dutch and Latin letterpress on title page verso. Engraved text in Dutch and Latin at the foot of plates 2-36. Plates are numbered. Copperplate engravings by Antonio Tempesta after Vaenius illustrating books 4 and 5 of Tacitus's…
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A display of heraldry
The fifth edition much enlarged with great variety of bearings, To which is added A treatise of honour military and civil, according to the laws and…