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- Tags: England
The history and antiquities of the parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, illustrated, map, quarto, Woolf gift
The history of Manchester
Half-title to volume 1: 'The history of Manchester, book the…
Tags: 18th century, England, history, Manchester, map, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
Parochial antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks
"A glossary to explain the original, the acceptation, and obsoleteness of words and phrases": 116 p. at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The critical history of England, ecclesiastical and civil
Volume 1 has half-title: The critical history of England, in two volumes. Vol. I. An essay on criticism--has special t.p., with separate pagination and register. Advertisements on verso of half-title and…
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, Woolf gift
New history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol
Errata precedes text, on p. iv-v.
Tags: 18th century, Bristol, duodecimo, England, history, Woolf gift
A History of all the real and threatened invasions of England, from the landing of Julius Cæsar, to the present period
With a half-title.
A reissue of the edition with the 188-page main section; added pages 189-96 to cover events in June 1794.
The History of the civil wars between York and Lancaster
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 120, no. 4.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, marginalia, octavo, Richard III, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of Scarborough and the vicinity
The last four leaves contain the index.
With a list of subscribers.
History of the city and county of Lichfield, &c.
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…
The history and antiquities of Tewkesbury
A list of additional subscribers is found after page xvi; the table of contents is after page xxiv.
The history of Berwick upon Tweed
At the bottom of title page in square brackets: entered in Stationers Hall.
The appendix has separate pagination.
Tags: 18th century, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, history, map, marginalia, octavo, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol
Frontispiece (folded map) dated: "Published according to Act of Parliament 29th. Sepr. 1780."
With a list of subscribers.
Page 228 misnumbered 128.
An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession of the house of Stewart
Errata: p. [19] at the end.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, law, octavo, political science, royalty, Woolf gift
Robin Hood
Pagination: v. 1: [4], cxviii, [2], 167, [1] p.; v. 2: [8], 220, [4] p.
With half titles.
Illustrations are head and tail vignettes by John and Thomas Bewick (see Dobson).
Glossaries in each…
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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…