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- Tags: England
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…
Tags: 17th century, England, Great Britain, history, John Milton, purchase
An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
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.…
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, England, history, Woolf gift
The Antiquities of Richborough and Reculver
Errata following page ix.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, castles, England, marginalia, octavo, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham
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…
Tags: 18th century, castles, Christianity, church buildings, England, nobility, Woolf gift
An historical dissertation concerning the antiquity of the English constitution
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, law, octavo, political science, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury
"The book was, to a large extent, the work of a Mr. [James] Bowen of Halston, Shropshire."--Dictionary of national biographies.
History of Wheatfield.
A skit on Philip Morant's "The History and Antiquities of the ... town and borough of Colchester."
Tags: 18th century, England, history, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
Collectanea curiosa ; or miscellaneous tracts
Dedication signed: John Gutch.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, England, Great Britain, history, Ireland, Woolf gift
History of York
"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
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
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
With a list of subscribers and an index.
Preface signed by John Ives, publisher of Swinden's posthumous work.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, England, history, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift, Yarmouth
Goldsmith's History of England
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
The antiquities of England and Wales
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
For errors in paging see Upcott.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, England, Great Britain, history, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
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Saint Albans chronicle
Known as "The Saint Albans chronicle"; not the same compilation as the "Chronicles of England" first printed by Caxton (STC 9991-4).
Title and…