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- Tags: folio
Ordonnancie ende instructie naer de welcke voort-aen hen moeten reguleren die ghesworen wisselaers ofte collecteurs vande goude ende silvere penningen
T.p. woodcut of arms of Philip IV, King of Spain. Text gives proper weight of coins illustrated.
Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C-Q⁸ R².
Slip with additional coin and printed legend mounted on G1r;…
Tags: 17th century, coins, collection, folio, woodcuts
Pacata Hibernia
Engraved frontispiece portrait of George Carew, Earl of Totnes, is signed "Voerst fec:"
With an additional title page, engraved, with portrait of Queen Elizabeth…
Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum
Imprint from colophon, which in full reads: Pii. ii. Ponti. maximi histori[a]e rerum ubiq[ue] gestaru[m] prima pars finitur: & impressioni Venetiis dedita: per Iohannem de colonia sociumq[ue] eius…
Tags: 15th century, early works to 1800, folio, geography, incunable, incunabula, travel
Polycronycon
Includes index.
By Ranulf Higden, whose name appears on 2a3r.
Translated by John Trevisa, who is named on 2a3r.
Higden's work, divided into 7 books and extending to the year 1348, was originally written in Latin.…
Royal genealogies
Part I begins with a chronological history of the world, from the beginning of time to the Christian era.
The second part has separate title page, with…
Tags: 18th century, folio, genealogy, history, royalty, Woolf gift
Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great
Added engraved title page (pi1r) bears edition statement: The third edition further…
Tags: 17th century, America, engraved illustrations, exploration, folio, India, Iran, maps, travel
Survey of royal revenue, 1552
Incipit: The certificate of Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche ...
Dates conjectured by booksellers based on watermark evidence.
Manuscript fair copy of the Royal Revenue Survey,…
Tags: 18th century, Edward VI, England, folio, Revenue
The antiquities of England and Wales
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,…
The baronage of Scotland
With a half-title.
Text continuous despite pagination.
Horizontal chain lines.
Includes index.
The English works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt. published in his life-time
"The…
The famous and memorable vvorkes of Iosephus, a man of much honour and learning among the Ievves
Printer's name from STC.
"The lamentable and tragicall history of the vvars and vtter ruine of the Iewes" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
Includes index.
A variant…
Tags: 17th century, folio, history, Jewish history, Schulich gift
The first and second volumes of Chronicles
Tags: 16th century, banned works, England, folio, Great Britain, history, Ireland, marginalia, Schulich gift, Scotland, Wales
The Florentine historie
Translator's dedication signed: Thomas Bedingfeld.
Printer's and publisher's names from colophon.
Running title reads: The historie of Florence.
The last leaf is blank.
Entered 2 October…
Tags: 16th century, Florence, folio, history, Italy, manuscript waste, purchase
The general history of Spain
Tags: 17th century, folio, history, Spain, Woolf gift
The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes
With an additional engraved title page, signed: Io: Payne sculps:.
Running title reads: Of the historie of plants.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Includes indexes.
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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…