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The charter of Romney Marsh

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"The ordinance of Henry of Bathonia, justice of our Lord King Henry ... made by precept of the same Lord the King, vpon contention arisen betweene the foure and twenty jurors, and the men of Romeney Marsh, touching reparation of the walles and…

The boke named the gouernour

Title page
Printer from STC.
Title in woodcut border; black letter.
Purchased Schulich-Woolf Collection fund, Jan. 2016.

Present state of the Ottoman Empire

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Originally published in 1667 as: The present state of the Ottoman Empire.

With an added title page (A1v), engraved and signed: F.H. Van Houe fec.

Title within double-rule border; initials.

A treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent

Title page and portrait
Title vignette (Sheldonian Theater).

With frontispiece portrait of the author on leaf a2v.

With imprimatur on verso of the title page (a3v).

"The life of Mr. Somner" by White Kennett precedes "The history of the Roman ports and forts in…

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.…

Dufresnoy's Chronology

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Translation of "Tablettes chronologiques de l'histoire universelle." Translator's dedication signed: Thomas Flloyd.

Half-title and index in each volume.

Remainder of title: " ... and a catalogue of books necessary for that purpose; with some…

Goldsmith's History of England

Title page
Written in the front of volume 3: Fulford Grange, Kingston-St.-Mary

The critical history of England, ecclesiastical and civil

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Published anonymously. By John Oldmixon.

Volume 1 has half-title: The critical history of England, in two volumes. Vol. I. An essay on criticism--has special t.p., with separate pagination and register. Advertisements on verso of half-title and…

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.