Catalogue of the Library of Sir Edward W. Watkin, M.P.

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Compiled and printed for private use, by J. E. Cornish, 1875 - Libraries - 161 pages

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Page 9 - A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James.
Page 92 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Page 10 - An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth and preached by the people called in scorn Quakers...
Page 29 - The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) containing an Account of the great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746.
Page 140 - To which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. James's Library.
Page 108 - Autographs of Royal, Noble, Learned, and Remarkable Personages conspicuous in English History...
Page 13 - The Huntingdon Peerage, comprising a Detailed Account of the Evidence and Proceedings connected with the Recent Restoration of the Earldom ; together with the Report of the AttorneyGeneral on that Occasion, to which is prefixed a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Illustrious House of Hastings...
Page 139 - Scotia; or, Portraits of Forest Trees Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty, drawn from Nature, with 50 highly finished etchings, imp.
Page 70 - Wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England more Outlandish and Domestick Experiments and Secrets in reference to Universal! Husbandry.
Page 79 - Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare: including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the Original MSS. in the possession of Samuel Ireland.

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