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A biographical history of England
Includes numerous plates.
W. Baynes and Son issued two "fifth editions" in 1824, an 8vo ed. in 6 v., and a folio ed. in 3 v., cf. Lowndes (1881 ed.), II, 927.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Compendious history of England
A concise history of England
A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of King Richarde the seconde, have been unfortunate in the Realme of England.
The…
Tags: 16th century, banned works, England, folio, Great Britain, history, purchase, royalty
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
A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793
The plates are dated from 1791-1794.
Plates marked: "Engraved for Ashburton's History of England ... published by W. & J. Stratford", and dated from 1791-1793.
Frontispiece signed: "Dayes delin: Grainger…
A new history of England, in English and French, by question and answer
French and English on opposite sides.
Publisher's advertisment: p. [2] at end.
Includes half-title page after the preface: Nouvelle methode pour apprendre l'histoire d'Angleterre = A new method for studying the history…
Tags: 18th century, England, French, Great Britain, history, Woolf gift
A new history of the succession of the crown of England
A Share in the Middleton & Tonge Cotton Mill Co. Limited
Tags: 19th century, cotton mill, English, engraved, Great Britain, illustration, Middleton, paper, perforated edge, share, sidepiece, stamp
A short view of the English history
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, royalty, Woolf gift
A synopsis of heraldry, or, The most plain, short, and easie way for the perfect attaining of that art
The words "with ... Garter" are enclosed within brackets on title page.
"The atchievements of the Kings of England," has separate dated title…
Tags: Great Britain, heraldry, kings and rulers
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…
An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain
Advertisement and Errata on unnumbered pages following the preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tags: 18th century, duodecimo, feudal law, Great Britain, history, 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
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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…