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The charter of Romney Marsh
"The ordinance of Henry of Bathonia, justice of our Lord King Henry ... made by precept of the same Lord the King, vpon contention arisen betweene the foure and twenty jurors, and the men of Romeney Marsh, touching reparation of the walles and…
The historie of Cambria, now called Wales
"It is .. more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh" (DNB). The original is not known. This English version was in fact assembled and translated by Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by Powell. At foot of title: Cum…
De rebus in Hibernia gestis
Includes index and errata.
English translation available in our reference collection.
English translation available in our reference collection.
Annales
At foot of title: Cum priuilegio Regiæ maiestatis.
Short printed preliminaries, A-Y, and also probably 3A-3Y, 4O-4R; Kingston printed 2A-2Y; a third printer or compositor did 4A-4N (STC and addenda).
Includes index.
A variant of the edition…
Short printed preliminaries, A-Y, and also probably 3A-3Y, 4O-4R; Kingston printed 2A-2Y; a third printer or compositor did 4A-4N (STC and addenda).
Includes index.
A variant of the edition…
History of England
Running title reads: The history of England.
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John…
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John…
Histoire de la paix sous le regne du tres-chrestien roy de France et de Nauarre, Henry IIII.
Added t.p., engraved: Histoire de la paix sous le regne du tres-chrestien roy de France et de Nauarre, Henry IIII. A Paris : Par Iehan Richer, 1607. Signed "J. de Weert".
Leaves numbered irregularly.
Continued by: Mercure francois.
Leaves numbered irregularly.
Continued by: Mercure francois.
Present state of the Ottoman Empire
Originally published in 1667 as: The present state of the Ottoman Empire.
With an added title page (A1v), engraved and signed: F.H. Van Houe fec.
Title within double-rule border; initials.
With an added title page (A1v), engraved and signed: F.H. Van Houe fec.
Title within double-rule border; initials.
Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical
A translation into English from the original French of: Le Comte, Louis. Nouveaux mémoires sur l'état présent de la Chine.
With engraved frontis. portrait (plate) of Emperor Cam-hy [i.e. K'ang-hsi] signed: M. Vander Gucht sculp.…
With engraved frontis. portrait (plate) of Emperor Cam-hy [i.e. K'ang-hsi] signed: M. Vander Gucht sculp.…
A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent
Title vignette (Sheldonian Theater).
With frontispiece portrait of the author on leaf a2v.
With imprimatur on verso of the title page (a3v).
"The life of Mr. Somner" by White Kennett precedes "The history of the Roman ports and forts in…
With frontispiece portrait of the author on leaf a2v.
With imprimatur on verso of the title page (a3v).
"The life of Mr. Somner" by White Kennett precedes "The history of the Roman ports and forts in…
Argumentum anti-Normannicum, or, An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword; in the sense of our modern writers
This publication, occasioned by a work of William Pettyt's, entitled Antient rights of the commons of England, 1680, was answered by Brady in his Introduction to old English history. It is by some attributed to Atwood, and by others to Cooke or…
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…
The Greek and Roman history illustrated by coins & medals
"Licensed and entered according to order." 'O. W.' = Obadiah Walker.
Title within double-rule border
Text continuous despite pagination.
Bookseller's advertisements on pages 357-360.
Errata, preliminary page [16].
Title within double-rule border
Text continuous despite pagination.
Bookseller's advertisements on pages 357-360.
Errata, preliminary page [16].
An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Anonymous. By Oliver Goldsmith.
The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed in Gainsborough (ESTC)
"This work has been ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield"--Hackett and Laing.…
The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed in Gainsborough (ESTC)
"This work has been ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield"--Hackett and Laing.…
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Liber chronicarum
Hand-coloured by Johann Kruyshaar c. 1521, his and other early marginal notes (some shaved) intermittently throughout, including his catalogue of the…