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The history and antiquities of the county of Essex

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Illustrated with copper plates.

Ordinary paper issue.

With a list of subscribers in volume 1.

Vol. 1 includes the author's History of Colchester (originally published as a separate work in 1748) with special title page.: The history and…

Peter Langtoft's chronicle

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The pagination and register are continuous, with a divisional titlepage to vol. 2.

With a list of subscribers and a final advertisement leaf.

With a swash 'r' in 'Oxford'.

The tracts, both by the same anonymous author, have caption…

Topographical and historical description of the County of Stafford

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Bound in two volumes, extra-illustrated with 182 engravings, incl. 11 colored views and 27 hand-colored coats of arms; William Kip map of Staffordshire dissected into sex separate plates, plus 2 other maps.

The history and antiquities of Essex

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Published in parts.
Text and register are continuous.
Bowyer's records show 500 copies printed.

The Romane historie

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The first word of the title is xylographic.

"The topographie of Rome" is a revised translation of: Marliani, Bartolomeo. Topographia antiquae Romae.

The "Breviaries" are a translation of: Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epitomae rerum Romanarum (for…

The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George

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Dedication, which is printed in red, to Frederick, Prince of Wales, signed by Pote.

With an initial licence leaf and a list of subscribers.

Title page in red and black.

Etched portrait of Frederick by Richard Parr. Plates etched by Parr,…

The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland

Title page
Compiled chiefly from the unpublished manuscripts of William Nicolson and others.

For errors in paging see Upcott.

The ancient cathedral of Cornwall

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

Has half title page.

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 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,…

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 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 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…