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Notitia parliamentaria

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Includes half-title page.

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

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A supplement to "Notitia Parliamentaria: or, An history of the counties, cities and boroughs ..." published in 2 vols. in 1715-16.

Head- and tail- pieces; printed marginalia.

With an index of M.P.s.

Collection of engravings of castles and abbeys in England

Issued annually to total 14 parts of 24 plates each, each part having engraved cover sheet with contents, list of subscribers and advertisement Each part except the final one is dated on the subscribers list, and the date of the final part is taken…

A History of all the real and threatened invasions of England, from the landing of Julius Cæsar, to the present period

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Anonymous. By C. Stuart.

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.

History of Canada

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Vol. 1: xii, [4], 260 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 251, [9] p.

Booksellers' advertisements: [9] p. at end of v. 2.

Shares in Caisse d'Épargnes du Sieur Lafarge

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Part Transcription: "Caisse d'Épargnes du Sieur Lafarge. Bureau Général Paris. Reconnoissances Réunies de Mises Partielles de neuf livres. ... Nota. Les Actionnires peuvent hâter le terme de leur jouissance en complétant leur mise, et participèront…

A Share for Canal de Richelieu

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Part Transcription: "No. [blank]. Canal de Richelieu en Provance a D'guardancca. ... Vû et certifié Bon par nous soussignés Sindica de la Compagnie Authorises a cet effect, [blank]. Controllé par moy Vice-directeur Général de la Compagnie [blank]."

Chambre du Parliament Edict of 1764

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Part Transcription: "Rentes reboursables au Denier 20. Édit de Deccembre 1764. ... Et pour l'exécution des présentes, lesdits Prevôt des Marchands & Échevins ont élu domicile au Bureau de cette ville; auquel lieu, nonobstant, promettant,…

Chambre du Parliament Edict of 1764

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Part Transcription: "Rentes reboursables au Denier 20. Édit de Decembre 1764. ... Et pour l'exécution des présentes, lesdits Prevôt des Marchands & Échevins ont élu domicile au Bureau de cette ville; auquel lieu, nonobstant, promettant,…

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

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Includes a list of subscribers.

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…

Nottinghamia vetus et nova : or, An historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham

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A list of the knights of the shire and burgesses of the town, copied from Prynne's Parliamentary writs, from the 23rd of Edward I. to the 16th Charles I.: 6 leaves between pages 208 and 209.

City of Dublin Bond

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Transcription:Know all men by these presents, that we the lord mayor, sheriffs, commons, and citizens, of the city of Dublin are held and firmly bound unto Robert Gosling of Lincoln's Inn Fields in the parish of St. Giles in the fields in the county…

The history of the reign of King Charles the Second

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Edited by John Shebbeare. Because of Shebbeare's introduction, the book was suppressed by an injunction in chancery at the instance of the Duchess of Queensbury, and "the whole impression, except a very few copies, was destroyed." (BL)

The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England

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Ordinary paper issue.

With a half-title.

In this edition, l.14 of v.1 titlepage reads: "Counsellor".

The third preliminary leaf in v.1 contains a royal privilege, dated 24 June 1703, for the publication of v.2-3; it is from the same setting…