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Tubus historicus: : an historicall perspective; discovering all the empires and kingdomes of the world, as they flourisht respectively under the foure imperiall monarchies. Faithfully composed out of the most approved authours, and exactly digested according to the supputation of the best chronologers. (With a catalogue of the kings and emperours of the chiefe nations of the world.) /
Dedication "To the most illustrious and hopefull Prince Charles, prince of Great Britaine ..."
Signatures: [A]? B-D? (A1, D3 verso and D4 blank).
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Tags: 17th century, English, frontpiece, marginalia
Through the Yellowstone Park on horseback
The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time
Publication date conjectured by STC.
The eighth book begins new foliation on 2A1.
The last leaf, usually lacking, bears the title page to "A memorial of suche…
Tags: 16th century, biography, ethics, folio, history, marginalia, purchase, royalty
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Tags: 19th century, history, manicule, marginalia, Roman Empire, Rome, Woolf gift
The History of the civil wars between York and Lancaster
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 120, no. 4.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, marginalia, octavo, Richard III, Woolf gift
The history of Berwick upon Tweed
At the bottom of title page in square brackets: entered in Stationers Hall.
The appendix has separate pagination.
Tags: 18th century, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, history, map, marginalia, octavo, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of Scarborough and the vicinity
The last four leaves contain the index.
With a list of subscribers.
The first and second volumes of Chronicles
Tags: 16th century, banned works, England, folio, Great Britain, history, Ireland, marginalia, Schulich gift, Scotland, Wales
The description of Britain
Translated by Henry Hatcher, the commentary by Thomas Leman--British Library…
Tags: 19th century, Great Britain, history, Ireland, map, marginalia, Roman Britain, travel, Woolf gift
The Antiquities of Richborough and Reculver
Errata following page ix.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, castles, England, marginalia, octavo, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
Nottinghamia vetus et nova : or, An historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, map, marginalia, Nottingham, quarto, travel, Woolf gift
Magna Charta
Latin and Law French.
Imprint from colophon in v. 2.
Volume 2 has title: Secunda pars veterum statutorum. "The date of this title page varies: 1555 or 1556"--STC.
Volume 1:…
Tags: 16th century, Great Britain, history, law, Magna Carta, marginalia, purchase
Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England
History of travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
Here beginneth the third and fourthe boke of syr Iohn froissart of the cronycles of Englande, fraunce, Spaygne, Portyngale Scotland, Bretayne, flaunders, and other places adioynyng
The imprint, from colophon, is false; in fact printed by Thomas Marsh, ca. 1563?.
Imprimatur at foot of colophon: Cum priuilegio a rege in dulto.
Foliation irregular; actual foliation…
Tags: 16th century, Europe, folio, history, manicule, marginalia, purchase
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Polychronicon
Translated and continued by John Trevisa; revised and expanded to 1460 by William Caxton.Imprint from ISTC; colophon (referring to the preparation of…