The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold |
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... WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . In proportion to the advancement and general diffusion of litera- ture ought to be the publication of references to , and accounts of , the multifarious works with which the genius of past and of the present ...
... WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . In proportion to the advancement and general diffusion of litera- ture ought to be the publication of references to , and accounts of , the multifarious works with which the genius of past and of the present ...
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... Written in answer to Defence of the Gouernment established in the Church of England for Ecclesiastical Matters . Lond . 1587. 4to . 12s . Pp . 1401 , besides the preface . This is the book pointed at by Martin Marprelate in his epitome ...
... Written in answer to Defence of the Gouernment established in the Church of England for Ecclesiastical Matters . Lond . 1587. 4to . 12s . Pp . 1401 , besides the preface . This is the book pointed at by Martin Marprelate in his epitome ...
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... Written in imitation of Sir . Thos . Brown's Religio Medici , and usually attributed to John Dunton . Nassau , pt . i . 323 , 3s . Con stable , 76 , 3s . John . Concertatio Ecclesiæ Catholicæ in Anglia adversus Cal- Elizabetha Regina ...
... Written in imitation of Sir . Thos . Brown's Religio Medici , and usually attributed to John Dunton . Nassau , pt . i . 323 , 3s . Con stable , 76 , 3s . John . Concertatio Ecclesiæ Catholicæ in Anglia adversus Cal- Elizabetha Regina ...
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... written by this Museum . BRIGGS , Henry . Arithmetica Lo - puritan divine will be found in the British garithmica ... Writing by Cha- racter . Lond . 1588. 24mo . In this very ingenious work Bright claims the invention of the art . It ...
... written by this Museum . BRIGGS , Henry . Arithmetica Lo - puritan divine will be found in the British garithmica ... Writing by Cha- racter . Lond . 1588. 24mo . In this very ingenious work Bright claims the invention of the art . It ...
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... written by divers Persons of Nobility and Worth , upon the Death of Henry Lord Hastings , onely Sonn of the Rt . Hon . Ferdinando , Earl of Hun- tingdon , Heir - generall of the high born Prince George , Duke of Cla- BRODRICK , Thomas ...
... written by divers Persons of Nobility and Worth , upon the Death of Henry Lord Hastings , onely Sonn of the Rt . Hon . Ferdinando , Earl of Hun- tingdon , Heir - generall of the high born Prince George , Duke of Cla- BRODRICK , Thomas ...
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Page 263 - Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. Containing an Account of Rare and Curious BOOKS published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing, with Biographical Notices and Prices, by WT Lowndes.
Page 513 - The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Diuided into two Parts : And newly corrected and enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. Printed at London, for TP" A small quarto, containing 64 leaves, A to Q in fours.
Page 426 - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the Former Editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed ; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon, Deceased : Together •with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College.
Page 545 - English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order. With copious Illustrations and Examples drawn from the Best Writers.
Page 321 - News from France : in a letter, giving a relation of the present state of the difference between the French king and the court of Rome...
Page 328 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
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Page 532 - THE SEPULCHRAL BRASSES IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, tending to illustrate the Ecclesiastical, Military, and Civil Costume of former ages, as well as to preserve Memorials of the most ancient Families in those Counties ; with letter-press Descriptions, an Introductory Essay on Sepulchral Memorials, by several eminent Antiquaries, and a General Index.
Page 316 - Crests, and Mottoes, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, including the late Grants by the College of Arms.
Page 403 - The LIFE of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS. Drawn from the State Papers With Six subsidiary Memoirs: 1.