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Historical discourses, upon several occasions
Edited by Hugh Clopton.
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
History and antiquities of Durham
Engraved title page, with vignette.
First edition, 1785-94.
Contains numerous pedigrees.
A biographical sketch of John Egerton, bp. of Durham, by Francis H. Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater: v. 3, p. iii-xiii.
Imprint varies: v. 3,…
First edition, 1785-94.
Contains numerous pedigrees.
A biographical sketch of John Egerton, bp. of Durham, by Francis H. Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater: v. 3, p. iii-xiii.
Imprint varies: v. 3,…
History of England
Running title reads: The history of England.
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John…
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Head pieces.
With a final errata leaf.
Frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: Gul. Faithorne ad vivum delin. et sculpsit.
Printed by John…
History of Great Yarmouth
The pagination is irregular.
With a list of subscribers and an index.
Preface signed by John Ives, publisher of Swinden's posthumous work.
With a list of subscribers and an index.
Preface signed by John Ives, publisher of Swinden's posthumous work.
History of the city and county of Lichfield, &c.
Written by John Jackson, who signed the dedication (p. [3] at front). Cf. ESTC; BLC.
Date from ESTC.
Dedication signed and dated: John Jackson, Jun., Lichfield, July 9, 1795.
Page [1] at end blank.
Title-page has printer's device…
Date from ESTC.
Dedication signed and dated: John Jackson, Jun., Lichfield, July 9, 1795.
Page [1] at end blank.
Title-page has printer's device…
History of Wheatfield.
Anonymous. By John Clubbe.
A skit on Philip Morant's "The History and Antiquities of the ... town and borough of Colchester."
A skit on Philip Morant's "The History and Antiquities of the ... town and borough of Colchester."
History of Winchester
Dedication dated: Sept. 2, 1772.
Sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Warton.
Errors in paging, v. 2: 252 numbered 225; 265-268 omitted.
Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ;…
Sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Warton.
Errors in paging, v. 2: 252 numbered 225; 265-268 omitted.
Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ;…
History of York
British Museum catalog gives William Combe as supposed author.
"Principally a compilation from Drake's History, from whence the plates have been borrowed, and possesses very little interest." -- Boyne. Yorkshire library.
"Principally a compilation from Drake's History, from whence the plates have been borrowed, and possesses very little interest." -- Boyne. Yorkshire library.
Londinopolis : an historicall discourse or perlustration of the city of London
"Largely borrowed from Stow"--DNB; Title page printed in red and black; With a frontis. portrait and folded view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar; Engraved portrait is signed: C. Melan et Bosse Sculp; Includes index; Pages 91-94 misnumbered 81-84;…
Monasticon Eboracense: and the ecclesiastical history of Yorkshire.
Numerous errors in paging.
At foot of p.448: "The end of the first volume"; no more published.
'Proposals for printing by subscription, Monasticon Eboracense' were issued in [1757?]
An appendix was issued in 1759.
With a list of…
At foot of p.448: "The end of the first volume"; no more published.
'Proposals for printing by subscription, Monasticon Eboracense' were issued in [1757?]
An appendix was issued in 1759.
With a list of…
New history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol
First edition published anonymously in 1794 under title: The new history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol.
Errata precedes text, on p. iv-v.
Errata precedes text, on p. iv-v.
Notitia parliamentaria
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.
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
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.
Head- and tail- pieces; printed marginalia.
With an index of M.P.s.
Nottinghamia vetus et nova : or, An historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham
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.
Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall.
"List of subscribers": preliminary p. [viii]-ix.
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."…
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."…
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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…