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The description of Britain

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"De situ Britannicae" by Charles Bertram, was a forgery claimed by him to have been copied from a manuscript written by Richard of Cirencester--National Union Catalog.

Translated by Henry Hatcher, the commentary by Thomas Leman--British Library…

The customs of London

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Containing among divers other matters, the original of the celebrated poem of The nut-brown maid; reprinted from the first edition, with the additions included in the second. Edited by J. Douce.

The comic history of England

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1st ed.

Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.

Illustrated with 20 colored etched plates, 35 wood engraved initials, t.p. vignettes, and 164 textual vignettes after Leech.

Plates hand colored as issued. …

The ancient cathedral of Cornwall

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"S. Gosnell, printer, Little Queen Street, Holborn"--Title page verso.

Has half title page.

Sketches of the history of man

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"Neill & Co. Printers, Edinburgh"--Title page verso.

Volume 1: 2 unnumbered pages, 525 pages ; Volume 2: iv, 482 pages ; Volume 3: vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 514 pages.

First edition published: Edinburgh, 1774.

Includes bibliographical…

Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle

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Work is reprint of 1724 edition printed in Oxford by mercier and Chervet. Reprint, including titlepage of: Oxford : Printed at the Theater, 1724.

Includes glossary and index.

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44

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A parallel edition, with its own versions of the plates, was printed and issued by order of the Senate as document no. 174, with imprint: Washington : Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1845 (Checklist Amer. imprints 45-2519).

The astronomical and…

Pictures of English history

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Vol. 1: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates; v. 2: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates. Copper-engraved plates.

Overland explorations in Siberia, northern Asia, and the great Amoor River country

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Library's copy imperfect: map and plan wanting.

First ed. published in 1860 under title: A voyage down the Amoor.

Publisher's advertisements ([8] pages) at end.

One Share in the Compny of the Centre Turnpike Road

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Transcripton: No. Fifty dollars each share. This is to certify, that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania is entitled to one share in the capital or joint stock of the president, managers and company of the centre Turnpike Road, leading from Reading to…

Narrative of the United States exploring expedition

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" ... This edition ... contains ... the same type, page and reading matter, as the one in imperial octavo; the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitution of forty-seven wood-cuts for that number of steel…