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Pictures of English history
Vol. 1: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates; v. 2: [1] leaf, 96 p., [48] leaves of plates. Copper-engraved plates.
The peerage of England
Compiled by Arthur Collins.
Volume I. Of the Royal Family -- Dukes -- Marquisses -- Earls -- Volume II. Viscounts -- Barons.
Volume I. Of the Royal Family -- Dukes -- Marquisses -- Earls -- Volume II. Viscounts -- Barons.
A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of King Richarde the seconde, have been unfortunate in the Realme of England.
Intended to be issued as part 2 of STC 3177.5, but the printing was suppressed by order of the Lord Chancellor; see preface of STC 1247. The title page was published as the final leaf of STC 3178, The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas (1554?).
The…
The…
Tags: 16th century, banned works, England, folio, Great Britain, history, purchase, royalty
A short view of the English history
The imprint is false; printed in London.
Tags: 18th century, England, Great Britain, history, octavo, royalty, Woolf gift
Notitia parliamentaria
Includes half-title page.
Volume 1 only is of the second edition, with additions ;
Volume 2 is a reissue of the first edition of 1716.
Vol. 1 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed.
Volume 1 only is of the second edition, with additions ;
Volume 2 is a reissue of the first edition of 1716.
Vol. 1 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed.
Notitia Parliamentaria
A supplement to "Notitia Parliamentaria: or, An history of the counties, cities and boroughs ..." published in 2 vols. in 1715-16.
Head- and tail- pieces; printed marginalia.
With an index of M.P.s.
Head- and tail- pieces; printed marginalia.
With an index of M.P.s.
The historie of Cambria, now called Wales
"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…
[Letter from Edward IV to Maximilian, Duke of Austria and Burgundy regarding a case of piracy against English subjects.]
Letter, 25 lines, written with brown ink in chancery hand, large initial "E" with calligraphic flourishing, tag for seal cut out from lower border and with very fragmentary private seal of Edward IV in red wax.
Endorsement on verso: "Lettre du Roy…
Endorsement on verso: "Lettre du Roy…
Tags: 15th century, correspondence, piracy, purchase, royalty
Historical discourses, upon several occasions
Edited by Hugh Clopton.
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
'Perfect copies of all the votes' has a separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous.
With a folded plate frontispiece showing Charles I and Sir Edward Walker, and a portrait illustration of Charles I (after…
Desiderata curiosa
These papers relate to the period 1558-1660.
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…
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…
History of the life of King Henry the Second
Half-title: Lord Lyttelton's history of King Henry II.
Tags: 18th century, Great Britain, history, royalty, Woolf gift
The comic history of England
1st ed.
Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.
Illustrated with 20 colored etched plates, 35 wood engraved initials, t.p. vignettes, and 164 textual vignettes after Leech.
Plates hand colored as issued. …
Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.
Illustrated with 20 colored etched plates, 35 wood engraved initials, t.p. vignettes, and 164 textual vignettes after Leech.
Plates hand colored as issued. …
The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time
A verse translation of: Boccaccio, Giovanni. De casibus illustrium virorum.
Publication date conjectured by STC.
The eighth book begins new foliation on 2A1.
The last leaf, usually lacking, bears the title page to "A memorial of suche…
Publication date conjectured by STC.
The eighth book begins new foliation on 2A1.
The last leaf, usually lacking, bears the title page to "A memorial of suche…
Tags: 16th century, biography, ethics, folio, history, marginalia, purchase, royalty
Chronological tables of Europe
In fact by Guillaume Marcel and translated by William Parsons.
Derived, with slight modifications, from Guillaume Marcel's Tablettes chronologiques, Paris, 1682. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.
Engraved throughout.
At foot of the…
Derived, with slight modifications, from Guillaume Marcel's Tablettes chronologiques, Paris, 1682. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.
Engraved throughout.
At foot of the…
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…