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An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.

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Anonymous. By Oliver Goldsmith.

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed in Gainsborough (ESTC)

"This work has been ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield"--Hackett and Laing.…

History of Canada

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Vol. 1: xii, [4], 260 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 251, [9] p.

Booksellers' advertisements: [9] p. at end of v. 2.

An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain

Title page
The statement "by John Dalrymple, Esq." appears on the title page after the edition statement.

Advertisement and Errata on unnumbered pages following the preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

History of York

Title page
British Museum catalog gives William Combe as supposed author.

"Principally a compilation from Drake's History, from whence the plates have been borrowed, and possesses very little interest." -- Boyne. Yorkshire library.

History of Winchester

Title page - vol. 1
Dedication dated: Sept. 2, 1772.

Sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Warton.

Errors in paging, v. 2: 252 numbered 225; 265-268 omitted.

Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ;…

New history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol

Title page
First edition published anonymously in 1794 under title: The new history, survey and description of the city and suburbs of Bristol.

Errata precedes text, on p. iv-v.

Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind

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Portrait of Condorcet engraved by Elkanah Tisdale.
With a half-title page.

The history of the principality of Wales

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Robert Burton = Nathaniel Crouch.

With a half title and three final advertisement leaves.

Title within double line border.

Frontispiece on verso of half-title.

The chronicle of the Kings of England

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Anonymous. By Robert Dodsley. Cf. ESTC.

Nathan Ben Saddi, a pseudonym used by Robert Dodsley, is named as the author in the preface.

Chronological tables of Europe

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In fact by Guillaume Marcel and translated by William Parsons.

Derived, with slight modifications, from Guillaume Marcel's Tablettes chronologiques, Paris, 1682. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.

Engraved throughout.

At foot of the…

The history of Charles XII, King of Sweden

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Translation of: Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède.