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An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk

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Title of volumes 1-2 in red and black; volumes 4-5 paged continuously. The first 2 volumes and part of volume 3 appeared in numbers.

Volume 1 has errata on page 808; volume 2 has errata on page 913; volume 3 has errata on page viii.

Volume 3…

Eboracum

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Vol. 2 has separate title page: Book the second; contains the history of the Cathedral Church of York : with the lives of the Archbishops of that See, &c. : also the History of the Abbey of St. Mary in that City, from the foundation to its…

The antiquities of England and Wales

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Engraved titlepages.

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 English works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt. published in his life-time

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Volume 2 has separate title page with imprint date of 1723; title reads: "Reliquiae Spelmannianae : the posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt. relating to the laws and antiquities of England. Publish'd from the original manuscripts."

"The…

History of Great Yarmouth

Title page
The pagination is irregular.

With a list of subscribers and an index.

Preface signed by John Ives, publisher of Swinden's posthumous work.

Monumenta sepulchraria Sancti Pauli

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H.H. = Henry Holland. Identification of Eliot's Court Press and publication date from STC. Signatures: A-F?. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A." With a final errata leaf. Bound with: Norden, John. Speculum Britanniae. The firste…

History and antiquities of Cumberland

Engraved title page and frontispiece for: History and antiquities of Cumberland volume 1
Added, engraved title pages. Includes index, list of subscribers, etc. Inserts removed to item file: from v.1. Illustrated note on "escutcheons, tinctures, charges, ornaments"; note and clipping concerning John Peel of Caldbeck.--from v.2. Extract…

The antiquities of St. Peter's

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A reissue of the third edition, with different titlepages, and a postscript and 'A letter to the publisher of this edition' added to the end of volume 2.

Anonymous. By Jodocus Crull.

The 'letter to the publisher' has its own pagination and…

The parochial history and antiquities of Stockton upon Tees

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Includes index.

Errata, page 178.

Title-vignette and tail piece; both by Thomas Bewick, according to Hugo, The Bewick collector, no. 91.

Plates: P.1: A view of the principal street of Stockton in the county of Durham, taken from the end of…

The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset

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Map engraved by A. Crocker, dated: March 3, 1792.

Volume 1 includes list of subscribers. 'Proposals for printing by subscription, The history of the county of Somerset' were issued in October 1784. Volume 2, pages 97-104 incorrectly numbered…

The history and antiquities of the cathedral church of Canterbury

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Dedication signed by the engraver, James Cole.

Pages lvii, lviii of the Appendix misnumbered lv, lvi. Pagination sequence includes numbered plates, most of which are printed and numbered on recto only. Pages numbered 33, 35- 36, 41, 44, 49, 54,…

Collectanea curiosa ; or miscellaneous tracts

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With a list of subscribers in volume 1.

Dedication signed: John Gutch.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

The ancient cathedral of Cornwall

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"S. Gosnell, printer, Little Queen Street, Holborn"--Title page verso.

Has half title page.