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History of England

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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…

An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.

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Anonymous. By Oliver Goldsmith.

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed in Gainsborough (ESTC)

"This work has been ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield"--Hackett and Laing.…

The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham

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Dedication signed: Pat. Sanderson.

The register is continuous.

With a final advertisement leaf.

A reprint, with additions, of John Davies' "The ancient rites, and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham," a work based on…

The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury

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With a list of subscribers.

"The book was, to a large extent, the work of a Mr. [James] Bowen of Halston, Shropshire."--Dictionary of national biographies.

History of Wheatfield.

Title page
Anonymous. By John Clubbe.

A skit on Philip Morant's "The History and Antiquities of the ... town and borough of Colchester."

Collectanea curiosa ; or miscellaneous tracts

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With a list of subscribers in volume 1.

Dedication signed: John Gutch.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

History of York

Title page
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.

History of Winchester

Title page - vol. 1
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 ;…

History and antiquities of Durham

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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,…

History of Great Yarmouth

Title page
The pagination is irregular.

With a list of subscribers and an index.

Preface signed by John Ives, publisher of Swinden's posthumous work.

Goldsmith's History of England

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Written in the front of volume 3: Fulford Grange, Kingston-St.-Mary

The antiquities of England and Wales

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Engraved titlepages.

Vols. 1-5 are undated, vol. 6 has "Publish'd 30 Decr. 1785 by S. Hooper" beneath the imprint, vol. 7 is dated 1786, and vol. 8, entitled 'Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales' and without edition statement,…

The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland

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Compiled chiefly from the unpublished manuscripts of William Nicolson and others.

For errors in paging see Upcott.