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The History of the Revolution in Sweden

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Originally published as 'Histoire des révolutions de Suède'.

Picturesque antiquities of Scotland

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In two parts, each with separate pagination and register.

Intended as a supplement to Pennant's Tour in Scotland.

The letter press descriptions are by the artist. Each unnumbered leaf has an illustration and letterpress text.…

An essay on the history of civil society

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An essay on the history of civil society / By Adam Ferguson, LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

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 cry of royal innocent blood, heard and answered

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Anonymous. By William Assheton. Quire F omitted from the collation; pagination and text are continuous. With a final advertisement leaf.

A History of all the real and threatened invasions of England, from the landing of Julius Cæsar, to the present period

Title page
Anonymous. By C. Stuart.

With a half-title.

A reissue of the edition with the 188-page main section; added pages 189-96 to cover events in June 1794.

The History of the civil wars between York and Lancaster

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With a final leaf of advertisements.

Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 120, no. 4.

Some observations of the additions to, & differences from the truth contained in the storie of the holy scripture

Manuscript "compiled by a careful reader in the mid-seventeenth-century, starting by picking out differences between Josephus and the Old Testament, and continuing with a general summary of the events in Josephus and in the ecclesiastical historians…

The history of France

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

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]…

Andrews' History of Great Britain

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Volumes 1 and 2 also called volumes VII and VIII on running titles.

Errata page at the end of each volume.

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…