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... Lord Bacon and Bishop Godwyn , fine copy , with portrait of Bacon , calf , neat , 12s . 1696 38 The History of the late Wars in Denmark , by R. M. ( anly , ) maps and plans , 7s . 6d . 1670 39 Hollinshed's Chronicles of England ...
... Lord Bacon and Bishop Godwyn , fine copy , with portrait of Bacon , calf , neat , 12s . 1696 38 The History of the late Wars in Denmark , by R. M. ( anly , ) maps and plans , 7s . 6d . 1670 39 Hollinshed's Chronicles of England ...
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... Lord Macartney , 2 vols . extra bds . 11. 8s . 1807 101 Bentham's History and Antiquities of Ely Cathedral , 1st edition , fine impressions , russia extra , marbled leaves , 71. 17s . 6d . Camb . 1771 102 Boorde's ( Andrew ) Fyrst Boke ...
... Lord Macartney , 2 vols . extra bds . 11. 8s . 1807 101 Bentham's History and Antiquities of Ely Cathedral , 1st edition , fine impressions , russia extra , marbled leaves , 71. 17s . 6d . Camb . 1771 102 Boorde's ( Andrew ) Fyrst Boke ...
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... Lord Nelson , good impressions of the plates , boards , 11. 5s . 1808 129 Clark ( Samuel ) Life and Death of Edward the Black Prince , 9s . - - 1802-10 1673 130 Coates's History and Antiquities of Reading , and Views of Reading Abbey ...
... Lord Nelson , good impressions of the plates , boards , 11. 5s . 1808 129 Clark ( Samuel ) Life and Death of Edward the Black Prince , 9s . - - 1802-10 1673 130 Coates's History and Antiquities of Reading , and Views of Reading Abbey ...
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... Lord Charlemont , portrait , bds . 11. 5s . 1810 165 Harleian Miscellany , new edition , by Park , 10 vols . ( published at 311. 10s . ) boards , 171. 10s . V.Y. 166 Hayley's Essays on History and Epic Poetry , bound together , neat ...
... Lord Charlemont , portrait , bds . 11. 5s . 1810 165 Harleian Miscellany , new edition , by Park , 10 vols . ( published at 311. 10s . ) boards , 171. 10s . V.Y. 166 Hayley's Essays on History and Epic Poetry , bound together , neat ...
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... Lord Kames , 2 vols . with fine portrait , boards , 18s . 1807 279 Another copy , 2 vols . LARGE PAPER , bds . 11. 11s . 6d . 1807 280 Yorke's ( Philip , Esq . ) Royal Tribes of Wales , 12 portraits , boards , privately printed , 11. 1s ...
... Lord Kames , 2 vols . with fine portrait , boards , 18s . 1807 279 Another copy , 2 vols . LARGE PAPER , bds . 11. 11s . 6d . 1807 280 Yorke's ( Philip , Esq . ) Royal Tribes of Wales , 12 portraits , boards , privately printed , 11. 1s ...
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Page 9 - Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England, with Explanatory Observations on Armorial Ensigns, by James Dallaway, AM 4to.
Page 33 - No JEST LIKE A TRUE JEST, being a compendious record of the merry Life and mad Exploits of Capt. James Hind, the great robber of England ; together with the close of all at Worcester, where he was drawn, hanged, and quartered, for High Treason against the Commonwealth, Sept.
Page 7 - Thomas Campanella an Italian friar and second Machiavel. His advice to the King of Spain for attaining the universal monarchy of the World.
Page 23 - George Carleton, an English officer ; including anecdotes of the war in Spain under the earl of Peterborough...
Page 23 - Mercurius Rusticus ; or, The Countries Complaint of the Barbarous Out-rages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdom.
Page 9 - British Monachism; or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England.
Page 12 - An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving upon copper and in wood. With an account of Engravers and their works from the invention of Chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc
Page 51 - Breviarie of health, wherein doth folow, remedies for all maner of sicknesses and diseases, the which may be in man or woman, expressing the obscure termes of...
Page 47 - Regalia; as also, Chalcographiana, or the Printseller's Chronicle and Collector's Guide to the Knowledge and Value of Engraved British Portraits.
Page 12 - MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES; or a Collection of curious Papers, either republished from scarce Tracts, or now first printed from original MSS.