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... Plate , ix . pp . Geological Sketch and Index , 150 pp . Frontispiece , Folding Lithographic Plate of Fossils . Published at 6s . 6d . for 3s . 6d . Sells ILLUSTRATION of the CUSTOM of a MANOR in the NORTH of ENGLAND during the ...
... Plate , ix . pp . Geological Sketch and Index , 150 pp . Frontispiece , Folding Lithographic Plate of Fossils . Published at 6s . 6d . for 3s . 6d . Sells ILLUSTRATION of the CUSTOM of a MANOR in the NORTH of ENGLAND during the ...
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... PLATES . North - East View of Cartmel ' Church . Large paper . Very scarce . This Title as above , I p . , Account , 10 pp . was a separate issue of the sheets used for History of Whalley . ( See Post . ) A copy is in the Author's ...
... PLATES . North - East View of Cartmel ' Church . Large paper . Very scarce . This Title as above , I p . , Account , 10 pp . was a separate issue of the sheets used for History of Whalley . ( See Post . ) A copy is in the Author's ...
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... Plates , and Woodcuts . By ROBERT SYERS . " History is the roast beef of literature on which all minds may feed advantageously ; but those who are fond of feasting on literary fricasees , truffles , and trifles , seldom relish a dish so ...
... Plates , and Woodcuts . By ROBERT SYERS . " History is the roast beef of literature on which all minds may feed advantageously ; but those who are fond of feasting on literary fricasees , truffles , and trifles , seldom relish a dish so ...
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... Plates , and Preface , xi . pp . Annales , 403. Appendix and Contents , cxi . pp . LIST OF PLATES . 1. South - East View of Furness Abbey . 11. South - East View . 2. Plan 3. North Doorway . 99 4. North View ( double plate ) . 5 ...
... Plates , and Preface , xi . pp . Annales , 403. Appendix and Contents , cxi . pp . LIST OF PLATES . 1. South - East View of Furness Abbey . 11. South - East View . 2. Plan 3. North Doorway . 99 4. North View ( double plate ) . 5 ...
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... Plates . Sells for 4s . 6d . FURNESS , and FURNESS ABBEY , or a Companion through the Lancashire part of the Lake District . By FRANCIS EVANS . " At secura quies et nescia fallere vita . " ( and four following lines ) . Virgil ...
... Plates . Sells for 4s . 6d . FURNESS , and FURNESS ABBEY , or a Companion through the Lancashire part of the Lake District . By FRANCIS EVANS . " At secura quies et nescia fallere vita . " ( and four following lines ) . Virgil ...
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Abbey Account Appendix Author's Library BIOGRAPHY Bodleian Library Bolton Book Booksellers BOROUGH Chapel Charles Cheshire Chester Chetham Library Chetham Society's Title Churchyard College Collegiate Church contains Contents copy County of Lancaster County Palatine Deansgate Dedication Description Directory Duodecimo Earl of Derby Edward Engraved Errata Foolscap Foolscap octavo Foolscap quarto Frontispiece Furness Abbey George Half-title Hall Henry Heywood History House Humphrey Chetham Index Introduction James John Heywood late Letter List of Council LIST OF PLATES Liverpool London printed Lord Manchester Free Library Memoir Milnrow Minister Octavo Parish Parliament PARTLY RELATING Paternoster Row Paul's Church-yard Pedigree Poems POETRY Portrait Post octavo Preface Preston Price printed and sold PRINTED BEFORE 1720 RELATING TO LANCASHIRE Reprinted Richard Rochdale Salford scarce Second Edition Sells Simpkin Sketch Small quarto Society Society's Title Vol Southport Thomas Tim Bobbin TOPOGRAPHY Town View viii volumes Warrington Whalley Whalley Abbey William Winwick Woodcut
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Page 62 - DOMESDAY BOOK, or the GREAT SURVEY OF ENGLAND OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, 1086 ; fac-simile of the Part relating to each county, separately (with a few exceptions of double counties).
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Page 63 - The NATURAL HISTORY of LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE, and the PEAK in DERBYSHIRE, with an account of the British Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those parts.
Page 388 - The Protestant Religion is a sure Foundation and Principle of a True Christian and a Good Subject, a Great Friend to Humane Society, and a Grand Promoter of all Virtues, both Christian and Moral. The Second Edition. By CHARLES, EARL of DERBY, Lord of Mann and the Isles. Small quarto. London: 1671. Title, Dedication, and " To the Reader,
Page 312 - The NOBLE and GENTLE MEN of ENGLAND, or Notes WORKS PARTLY RELATING TO LANCASHIRE. touching the Arms and Descents of the Ancient, Knightly, and Gentle Houses of England, arranged in their respective Counties. Attempted by EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, Esq., MA, FSA, one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Warwick.
Page 373 - The Bishop of Chester's case, with relation to the " wardenship of Manchester : in which is shewn that no other " degrees but such as are taken in the University, can be " deemed legal qualifications for any ecclesiastical preferment
Page 292 - A COLLECTION of the SUFFERINGS of the PEOPLE called QUAKERS for the Testimony of a Good Conscience...
Page 191 - LIFE OF EDWARD BAINES, late MP for the Borough of Leeds. By his Son, EDWARD BAINES, Author of "The History of the Cotton Manufacture.
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