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Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui: ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi
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
A Compendious history of England
The annals of King George, year the first
In this edition the last line of page 1 reads "His Majesty's reign."
Tags: 18th century, Christianity, Europe, genealogy, government, Great Britain, history, octavo, royalty, Woolf gift
The history of Wales
Closes with 1284.
Tags: 18th century, Great Britain, history, map, octavo, Roman Britain, Wales, Woolf gift
A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent
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
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…
Tags: 18th century, British Empire, chronology, England, folio, Great Britain, history, illustrated, map, royalty, Woolf gift
Tientsin-Pukow Railway
Tags: 20th century, bond, China, coupons, embossed stamp, engraved, Great Britain, paper, railway
Tientsin-Pukow Railway
Tags: 20th century, bond, China, coupons, embossed stamp, engraved, Great Britain, paper, railway
Tientsin-Pukow Railway
Tags: 20th century, bond, China, coupons, embossed stamp, engraved, Great Britain, paper, railway
Notitia monastica
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
With advertisements ([5] pages) at end.
Includes index.
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.
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A display of heraldry
The fifth edition much enlarged with great variety of bearings, To which is added A treatise of honour military and civil, according to the laws and…