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The gallery of nature
Added title page, engraved.
The description of Britain
"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…
Translated by Henry Hatcher, the commentary by Thomas Leman--British Library…
Tags: 19th century, Great Britain, history, Ireland, map, marginalia, Roman Britain, travel, Woolf gift
The customs of London
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.
Tags: 19th century, HIST 400, history, London
The comic history of England
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. …
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 British soldier
"Notice" [i.e. errata] on final page.
The antiquities of Furness : illustrated with engravings
Errata and list of Subscribers following contents.
The ancient cathedral of Cornwall
"S. Gosnell, printer, Little Queen Street, Holborn"--Title page verso.
Has half title page.
Has half title page.
Sketches of the history of man
"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…
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…
Tags: 19th century, history, philosophy, Scotland, theology, Woolf gift
Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle
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.
Includes glossary and index.
Tags: 19th century, Great Britain, history, poetry, Woolf gift
Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44
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…
The astronomical and…
Pictures of English history
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
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.
First ed. published in 1860 under title: A voyage down the Amoor.
Publisher's advertisements ([8] pages) at end.
Tags: 19th century, Asia, China, exploration, history, Japan, Russia, Schulich gift, travel
One Share in the Compny of the Centre Turnpike Road
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…
Tags: 19th century, embossed seal, paper, Pennsylvania, road, share
Narrative of the United States exploring expedition
" ... 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…
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Polycronycon
Imprint from colophon.
Includes index.
By Ranulf Higden, whose name appears on 2a3r.
Translated by John Trevisa, who is named on…