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Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44

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A parallel edition, with its own versions of the plates, was printed and issued by order of the Senate as document no. 174, with imprint: Washington : Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1845 (Checklist Amer. imprints 45-2519).

The astronomical and…

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 history of France

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Printer's name from colophon to vol. III.
Titlepages in red and black.

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…

The history and antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey Church of Bath.

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Authorship ascribed to Rawlinson in BM and NUC Pre-1956.

A reissue of the 1719 edition with a new title page.

Includes (with separate t.p.): "A vindication of the King's sovereign rights," by Thomas Pierce, with "Connubium regiæ prærogativæ,…

The peerage of England

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Compiled by Arthur Collins.

Volume I. Of the Royal Family -- Dukes -- Marquisses -- Earls -- Volume II. Viscounts -- Barons.

The annals of King George, year the first

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Includes index.

In this edition the last line of page 1 reads "His Majesty's reign."

A voyage to the Pacific Ocean

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Vol. 1: viii, [1], vi-xii, 370 p., [19] leaves of plates : 17 ill., 1 port., 1 chart ; v. 2: xii, 359, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : 10 ill.; v. 3: xii, 400 p., [17] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 16 ill., 2 maps (on 1 plate); v. 4: xii, 310, [64]…

Robin Hood

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Compiled and edited by Joseph Ritson.

Pagination: v. 1: [4], cxviii, [2], 167, [1] p.; v. 2: [8], 220, [4] p.

With half titles.

Illustrations are head and tail vignettes by John and Thomas Bewick (see Dobson).

Glossaries in each…

The history of Great Britain

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B.C. 55-A.D. 1547. Consists of six books, each bound in two volumes.

Vols. 11-12 dated 1799. In volumes 11-12, dated 1799, imprint omits 'Printed by A. Strahan'.

The author of this work died before its completion. Chapters 5 and 7 of book 6…