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Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui: ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi

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Signatures: A-4F? 4G?, a-g? h?

Roman with some Italic and Gothic type.

Historiated, bestiary and floriated initials.

Head- and tail-pieces.

Marginal notes.

Publisher's device on title page and on final leaf.

A new history of the succession of the crown of England

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"Licens'd, June 9. 1690. J. Fraser."; "A Catalogue of the Historians cited in the following Collection, and the Times when they lived"--Page [8]; Signatures: A-I.

The annals of King George, year the first

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Includes index.

In this edition the last line of page 1 reads "His Majesty's reign."

A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent

Title page and portrait
Title vignette (Sheldonian Theater).

With frontispiece portrait of the author on leaf a2v.

With imprimatur on verso of the title page (a3v).

"The life of Mr. Somner" by White Kennett precedes "The history of the Roman ports and forts in…

A new and authentic history of England

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Published in 80 numbered parts.

At head of p. 862: "A.D. 1780. - A.D.1784"

Includes engraved illustrations including portraits, maps, and a facsimile; frontispiece signed: "Wale delin., Grignion sculp."; other plates by Wale signed: "Taylor…

Tientsin-Pukow Railway

Recto
Part Transcription: "Bond 100. No. [blank]. Imperial Chinese Government, 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Supplementary Loan for £4,800,000 Sterling. ... Countersigned for identification: for Chinese Central Railways Limited, [blank] Director. London, 1st…

Tientsin-Pukow Railway

Recto
Part Transcription: "Bond £100. No. [blank]. Imperial Chinese Government, 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan for £5,000,000 Sterling. ... Countersigned for identification: for Chinese Central Railways Limited, [blank] Director. London, 1st September,…

Tientsin-Pukow Railway

Recto
Part Transcription: "Bond £100. No. [blank]. Imperial Chinese Government, 5% Tientsin-Pukow Railway Loan for £5,000,000 Sterling. ... Countersigned for identification: for Chinese Central Railways Limited, [blank] Director. London, 1st September,…

Notitia monastica

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Imprimatur on verso of title leaf dated: Martii 13, 1694/5.

Includes: "An alphabeticall index of all the monasteries and other places mentioned in the Notitia monastica" on p. [1]-[19] at end, and "An index of the sirnames of founders of…

The chronological historian

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Title-page printed in red and black; title enclosed in double ruled border; text printed in double columns, enclosed in single ruled border; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

With advertisements ([5] pages) at end.

Includes index.

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.