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Itinera mundi
Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns.
"Tractatus Alberti Bobovii Turcarum imp. Mohammedis IVti olim interpretis primarii, De Turcarum liturgia" has separate title page, dated 1690, and pagination.
Tags: 17th century, geography, Hebrew, Islam, Judaism, Latin, quarto, Schulich gift
An archaeological dictionary, or, Classical antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans
Printed in double columns.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, archaeology, dictionary, octavo, Woolf gift
The history of women
Half-title page: History of Women.
Tags: 18th century, history, women, Woolf gift
La vie d'Olivier Cromwel
Printer's device (sphere).
A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent
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
Tags: 17th century, Great Britain, history, Woolf gift
Notitia monastica
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
Title within double-rule border
Text continuous despite pagination.
Bookseller's advertisements on pages 357-360.
Errata, preliminary page [16].
Tags: 17th century, Greece, history, numismatics, Rome, Woolf gift
An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
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.…
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, England, history, Woolf gift
Picturesque antiquities of Scotland
Intended as a supplement to Pennant's Tour in Scotland.
The letter press descriptions are by the artist. Each unnumbered leaf has an illustration and letterpress text.…
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
The Antiquities of Richborough and Reculver
Errata following page ix.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, castles, England, marginalia, octavo, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain
Advertisement and Errata on unnumbered pages following the preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, feudal law, Great Britain, history, Woolf gift
The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham
The register is continuous.
With a final advertisement leaf.
A reprint, with additions, of John Davies' "The ancient rites, and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham," a work based on…
Tags: 18th century, castles, Christianity, church buildings, England, nobility, Woolf gift
Titles of honor
Title-page printed in red and black.
Wood-cut decorated head-piece and decorated initials, numerous engraved images of coins, crown designs, and medals of…
Tags: 17th century, Great Britain, history, illustrated, numismatics, 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…