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An essay on history
In verse.
With a half-title page.
Errata on page 159.
With a half-title page.
Errata on page 159.
Tags: 18th century, history, in verse, quarto, Woolf gift
Labrador : its discovery, exploration, and development
Includes index.
With tipped-in map: Labrador from the most recent surveys (Edinburgh Geographical Institute/John Bartholomew, [1920?]
With tipped-in map: Labrador from the most recent surveys (Edinburgh Geographical Institute/John Bartholomew, [1920?]
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.
A new and authentic history of England
Published in 80 numbered parts.
At head of p. 862: "A.D. 1780. - A.D.1784"
Includes engraved illustrations including portraits, maps, and a facsimile; frontispiece signed: "Wale delin., Grignion sculp."; other plates by Wale signed: "Taylor…
At head of p. 862: "A.D. 1780. - A.D.1784"
Includes engraved illustrations including portraits, maps, and a facsimile; frontispiece signed: "Wale delin., Grignion sculp."; other plates by Wale signed: "Taylor…
Tags: 18th century, British Empire, chronology, England, folio, Great Britain, history, illustrated, map, royalty, Woolf gift
The history of women
Errata leaf following Contents (v. 1-2).
Half-title page: History of Women.
Half-title page: History of Women.
Tags: 18th century, history, women, Woolf gift
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.
The general history and state of Europe
Volume 1 contains the second part; pagination and register are continuous. Part II has it's own half-title page.
Volume 2 is dated 1755 and called 'Part III.'
Volumes 3-5 are dated 1657 [sic] and called 'Part IV.', 'Part V.' and 'Part VI and…
Volume 2 is dated 1755 and called 'Part III.'
Volumes 3-5 are dated 1657 [sic] and called 'Part IV.', 'Part V.' and 'Part VI and…
Tags: 18th century, Asia, Europe, history, octavo, Woolf gift
The history of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Translation of: Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède.
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, history, illustrated, royalty, Sweden, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester
The titlepages are engraved.
With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.
Includes indexes.
With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.
Includes indexes.
The antiquities of Furness : illustrated with engravings
Errata and list of Subscribers following contents.
Notitia monastica
Imprimatur on verso of title leaf dated: Martii 13, 1694/5.
Includes: "An alphabeticall index of all the monasteries and other places mentioned in the Notitia monastica" on p. [1]-[19] at end, and "An index of the sirnames of founders of…
Includes: "An alphabeticall index of all the monasteries and other places mentioned in the Notitia monastica" on p. [1]-[19] at end, and "An index of the sirnames of founders of…
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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…