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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
The British monarchy, or, A new chorographical description of all the dominions subject to the King of Great Britain
Tags: 18th century, Britain, calligraphy, empire, engraved book, engraved illustrations, history, maps, travel
Notitia parliamentaria
Volume 1 only is of the second edition, with additions ;
Volume 2 is a reissue of the first edition of 1716.
Vol. 1 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed.
Notitia Parliamentaria
Head- and tail- pieces; printed marginalia.
With an index of M.P.s.
Bishop Burnet's History of his own time
v.1. From the restoration of King Charles II to the settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the revolution. To which is prefixed a summary recapitulation of affairs in church and state from King James I…
Tags: Great Britain, history
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
Annales rerum anglicarum et hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha
Tags: 17th century, biography, Elizabeth I, HIST 400, history, Queen of England
The historie of Cambria, now called Wales
A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793
The plates are dated from 1791-1794.
Plates marked: "Engraved for Ashburton's History of England ... published by W. & J. Stratford", and dated from 1791-1793.
Frontispiece signed: "Dayes delin: Grainger…
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
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Polychronicon
Translated and continued by John Trevisa; revised and expanded to 1460 by William Caxton.Imprint from ISTC; colophon (referring to the preparation of…