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Historiae Anglicanae scriptores X
"Lectori" signed: Roger Twysden.
Title words "Simeon ... Londoniensis" are gathered by a right brace;
title words "Johannes ... Leicestrensis" are gathered by a left brace. Signatures: ¹A? a-f? g1 A? B-5B? 5C-5F? 5G² ²A-²2C? ²2D? ²2E-²2M? ²2N?.…
Title words "Simeon ... Londoniensis" are gathered by a right brace;
title words "Johannes ... Leicestrensis" are gathered by a left brace. Signatures: ¹A? a-f? g1 A? B-5B? 5C-5F? 5G² ²A-²2C? ²2D? ²2E-²2M? ²2N?.…
A complete history of England
Title in red and black, within double-rule border; initial.
"Second edition" not mentioned on t.p. of vol. 2.
In 1706 John Hughes collected the materials for the first two volumes; the third volume was written by White Kennett, bishop of…
"Second edition" not mentioned on t.p. of vol. 2.
In 1706 John Hughes collected the materials for the first two volumes; the third volume was written by White Kennett, bishop of…
The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof
Author's name taken from Alden.
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated…
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated…
A mirour for magistrates
A collection of 91 legends in verse.
Originally a continuation of Lydgate's Fall of princes, by William Baldwin and others, published in 1559; a first part covering the earliest period was added later by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset; the…
Originally a continuation of Lydgate's Fall of princes, by William Baldwin and others, published in 1559; a first part covering the earliest period was added later by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset; the…
Chronicon saxonicum
Two title pages, first with vignette, second with title: Chronicon Saxonicum, seu Annales rerum in Anglia praecipue gestarum ...
"Imprimatur Jonath. Edwards, Vice-Can. Oxon., Aug. 15, 1692." -- verso of first t.p.
"Regulæ ad investigandas nominum…
"Imprimatur Jonath. Edwards, Vice-Can. Oxon., Aug. 15, 1692." -- verso of first t.p.
"Regulæ ad investigandas nominum…
A discourse on the history of the whole world
A translation of: Discours sur l'histoire universelle,
Running title reads: A discourse concerning universal history.
Running title reads: A discourse concerning universal history.
Historiae Augustae scriptores VI
Engraved t.p.;
head- and tail-pieces, initials,
Signatures: *? A-3S? 3T?,
Includes index
head- and tail-pieces, initials,
Signatures: *? A-3S? 3T?,
Includes index
The history of the reign of Henry the fifth, King of England, &c. In nine books.
Dedication signed: Tho. Goodwin.
The appendix has a separate titlepage, with the date 1703.
The printer was John Darby; the work is listed in an advertisement for 'Books printed by J. Darby' in Algernon Sidney's Discourses concerning government,…
The appendix has a separate titlepage, with the date 1703.
The printer was John Darby; the work is listed in an advertisement for 'Books printed by J. Darby' in Algernon Sidney's Discourses concerning government,…
The annals of Ireland, translated from the original Irish of the four masters.
The principal compiler was Michael O'Clery and the annals cover the period 1171-1616 (Preface).
With an additional coloured titlepage and a folding map of Ireland.
With an additional coloured titlepage and a folding map of Ireland.
Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui: ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi
Signatures: A-4F? 4G?, a-g? h?
Roman with some Italic and Gothic type.
Historiated, bestiary and floriated initials.
Head- and tail-pieces.
Marginal notes.
Publisher's device on title page and on final leaf.
Roman with some Italic and Gothic type.
Historiated, bestiary and floriated initials.
Head- and tail-pieces.
Marginal notes.
Publisher's device on title page and on final leaf.
Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui
Signatures: A-4F⁶ 4G⁸, a-g⁶ h⁴.
Roman with some Italic and Gothic type. Historiated, bestiary and floriated initials. Head- and tail-pieces. Marginal notes. Publisher's device on t.p. and on final leaf.
Separate t.p. for each part.
Chronological…
Roman with some Italic and Gothic type. Historiated, bestiary and floriated initials. Head- and tail-pieces. Marginal notes. Publisher's device on t.p. and on final leaf.
Separate t.p. for each part.
Chronological…
Some observations of the additions to, and differences from the truth contained in the story of the holy scripture
Manuscript "compiled by a careful reader in the mid-seventeenth-century, starting by picking out differences between Josephus and the Old Testament, and continuing with a general summary of the events in Josephus and in the ecclesiastical historians…
A new history of the succession of the crown of England
"Licens'd, June 9. 1690. J. Fraser."; "A Catalogue of the Historians cited in the following Collection, and the Times when they lived"--Page [8]; Signatures: A-I.
The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury plain, restored
Printer suggested by colophon to the collection.
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
Title in red and black within line border; head and tail pieces; initials.
The frontpiece is a portrait of Inigo Jones, from a painting by Van Dyck.
Each of the three parts has special title page…
Receipt for Payment in the Cost of Shares with Societé d'Assurançes Maritimes
Part Transcription: "No. [blank]. Action, de la valeur de fl. 1000. de change dans la societé d'Assurançes Maritimes Établie  Bruges. ... Fait à Bruges le [blank]."
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…