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The imperiall historie, or, The liues of the emperours, from Iulius Caesar, the first founder of the Roman monarchy, vnto this present yeere

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An expanded translation, by W. Traheron, of: Historia imperial y cesárea.

Printer's name from STC.

With an additional title page, engraved: The imperiall history.

The first leaf is blank.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

Includes…

The history of Great Britain, connected with the chronology of Europe

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Both volumes were reissued with cancel titlepages dated 1794.

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.…

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.

Characters of the kings and queens of England, selected from different histories

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Largely a compilation by Holt based on works by various authors, especially Hume and Smollett.

Originally published in 3 parts: London, 1786-1788.

Also available on microfilm from Research Publications Inc. (The Eighteenth Century, reel 155,…

History of the life of King Henry the Second

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Half-title: Lord Lyttelton's history of King Henry II.

The historie of Cambria, now called Wales

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"It is .. more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh" (DNB). The original is not known. This English version was in fact assembled and translated by Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by Powell. At foot of title: Cum…