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The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland
For errors in paging see Upcott.
Tags: 18th century, antiquities, England, Great Britain, history, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, illustrated, map, quarto, Woolf gift
The history of Manchester
Half-title to volume 1: 'The history of Manchester, book the…
Tags: 18th century, England, history, Manchester, map, quarto, Roman Britain, Woolf gift
The history of the parishes of Whiteford and Holywell
In 2 parts, the second having separate, engraved title page: History of Holywell parish, and separate register; the pagination is almost continuous.
Errata on page 328.
Of "Appendix": The five royal tribes of Cambria…
The history and antiquities of Scarborough and the vicinity
The last four leaves contain the index.
With a list of subscribers.
The history of Great Britain, connected with the chronology of Europe
The second volume is described on the titlepage as "Vol. I Part II.", and has the imprint: printed by T. Burton and Co., Gate-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, for T. Cadell, Jun. and W.…
Tags: 18th century, Europe, Great Britain, history, quarto, Roman Britain, royalty, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol
Frontispiece (folded map) dated: "Published according to Act of Parliament 29th. Sepr. 1780."
With a list of subscribers.
Page 228 misnumbered 128.
The ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodorit
In the title, the words "Eusebius, Socrates" and "Sozomen and Theodorit" are gathered by right and left hand braces respectively.
The eight unnumbered pages after the preface contain a list of subscribers.
The…
Tags: 18th century, history, illustrated, quarto, religion, Woolf gift
The ancient cathedral of Cornwall
Has half title page.
The history of the town of Taunton, in the county of Somerset (embellished with plates)
With a half-title, bearing on the verso proposals for an appendix to this work.
An errata slip is pasted to the foot of the final page.
Tags: 18th century, England, engraved illustrations, history, illustrated, map, quarto, Woolf gift
The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset
Volume 1 includes list of subscribers. 'Proposals for printing by subscription, The history of the county of Somerset' were issued in October 1784. Volume 2, pages 97-104 incorrectly numbered…
Desiderata curiosa
Paged continuously.
Each volume has separate title pages.
Includes index at end of each volume.
With a list of subscribers in volume 1.
Pages 420 and 426 are misnumbered 400, and 406…
The history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester
With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.
Includes indexes.
The environs of London
The first volume is dated 1792, the second and third 1795, and the fourth 1796.
Some etchings by Samuel Lysons.
Engraved…
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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…