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ROBINSON Richard, Citizen of London. The Rewarde of Wickednesse, discoursing the sundrye monstrous Abuses of wicked and ungodly Worldelings. Impr. by Will. Williamson, (1574), 4to.

A dull metrical composition. The compiler was one of the sentinels employed by the Earl of Shrewsbury to watch over Mary Queen of Scots. Roxburghe, 3319, date 1573, 27. 10s. Heber, pt. iv. 51. 2s. 6d. resold, pt. viii. the colophon being wanting, 17. 10s. Bright, wanting one leaf, 41. 10s. A notice of Richard Robinson will be found in Warton's History of English Poetry, 8vo. vol. iv. p. 214.15, note g, and also in Brydges' Censura Literaria, and British Bibliographer. This Book was so scarce even in Hearne's time that he states he could never get a copy of it. Certain selected Histories for Christian recreations with their severall Moraliză

tions. Brought into English verse, and are to be sang with several notes. Lond. H. Kirkham, n. d. the dedication is dated 1576, 16mo.

The Copy in the Grenville Collection is supposed to be unique. Ritson, in the Bibl. Poetica, p. 313, says it was never printed, and Mr. Douce thought its title had been once intended for his translation of the Gesta Romanorum.

A Golden Mirrour, conteining certaine Pithie and figurative Visions prognosticating good fortune to England, and all true English subjects, with an overthrowe to the enemies, where to be added certaine pretie Poemes written on the names of Sundrie, both noble and worshipfull. Lond. R. Ward, for John Proctor, 1589, 4to.

BLACK LETTER. Dedicated to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Heber, pt. iv. 77. 15s.

Eupolema, A Dyall of Dayly Contemplacione, or Divine Exercise of the Mind. Lond. by Hugh Singleton, 1578, 8vo. A collection of Prayers, Religious sentences, Proverbs, and Sacred Poetry. Heber, pt.

ix. 17. 12s.

In the British Museum is a MS. list of
works, upwards of twenty in number, in
the hand-writing of Robinson. See AR-
THUR; GESTA ROMANORUM; HEMMING,
Nicholas; LELAND, John; MELANCTHON,
URBANUS
Philip; PATRICK, Francis;
REGIUS, &c.

- Robert. Miscellaneous Works, with Memoir of his Life and Writings, by George Dyer. Harlow, 1807, 8vo. 4 vols. portrait, 17. 18.

LARGE PAPER, in royal 8vo. Hollis, 1192, 17. 18.

History of Baptism. Lond. 1790, 4to. 11 plates, 17. 1s.

Ecclesiastical Researches. Cambridge, 1792, 4to. 17. 18.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Robert Robinson, late Minister of the Dissenting Congregation in St. Andrew's Parish, Cambridge, by George Dyer, late of Emanuel College, Cambridge, Lond. 1796, 8vo. 4s. 6d.

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Thomas. The Schoole of Mvsicke. Lond. by Thomas Este, 1603, folio.

The following is the title of this work: The Schoole of Mvsicke, wherein is tavght, the perfect Method, of trve Fingering of the Lute, Pandora, Orpharion, and Viol de Gamba; with most infallible general Rules, both easie and delightfull. Also, a Method, how you may be your owne Instructor for Pricksong, by the help of your Lute, without any other Teacher; with Lessons of all Sorts, for your further and better Instruction. Newly composed by Thomas Robinson, Lutenist.' Bright, wanting title, 16s.

T. The Anatomie of the English Nunnery at Lisbon in Portugall. Lond. 1623, 4to.

Inglis, 1333, 6s. Gordonstoun, 1909, 17. 11s. 6d. Hibbert, 6922, 5s. 6d. White Knights, 3731, 11s.-1621, 4to.-1622, 4to. Caldecott, with a front. 4s. 6d. This edition is reprinted in Morgan's Phoenix Britannicus.

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Rev. Tho. An Essay towards a natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland: to which is annexed a Vindication of the philosophical and theological Paraphrase of the Mosaick System of the Creation, &c. Lond. 1709, 8vo.

Towneley, pt. ii. 1057, russia, 14s. 6d. Dent, pt. ii. 374, 8s. 6d. Heath, 4573, 17. 18. Sir P. Thompson, 656, 5s. Brockett, 2622, 12s. Collation.-Pp. 95 and 118, not including the title, one leaf, dedication to Lord Lonsdale, 6 pages, preface and contents, 8 pages. The works of the Rector of Ouseby, though valuable, are sufficient to show the very humble qualifications of Williams, 1810, LARGE PAPER? morocco, geologists in those days, in judgment and good taste.'-Edinb. Rev.

Robert. Indices in Dion. Longinum, in Eunapium, et in Hieroclem. Oxon. 1772, 8vo. 3s.

6d.

19s.

ROBINSON, Thomas, mon Law of Kent; or, the Customs of Gavelkind; with an Appendix concerning Borough-English. In the Savoy, 1741, 8vo.

The Com- of Tottenham High Cross, in Middlesex. Tottenham, 1818, 8vo. map and plates. in 1. 2 Maps and 41 plates-pub at 27. 2s. reduced (Bohn) to 10s. 6d. including a reprint of the Merry Devil of Edmonton, which was also published separately at 4s.

Second edition. Lond. 1840. 8vo. 2 vols.

Pp. xxiv and 300, with an appendix of 15 pp.-1788, 8vo. 9s, LARGE PAPER.-Third edition, with notes by J. Wilson. Lond. 1821, 8vo. 18s.-Fourth edition, edited by D. Norwood. Ashford, 1850, 8vo.-A work on this subject, by C. Sandy. Lond. 1851, 8vo. 15s.

Thomas. The complete Works of the late Rev. T. Robinson, vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester, 8vo. 8 vols.

The works of Robinson are well known and deservedly held in considerable estimation,

Scripture Characters or a practical Improvement of the principal Histories in the old and New Testament, Svo. Fourth edition. Lond. 1800, 8vo. 4 vols.-Lond. 1804, fifth edition, 8vo. 4 vols. 1808, 12mo. 4 vols. Tenth edition. Lond. 1815, 8vo. 4 vols.-Lond. 1815, 12mo. 4 vols.1818, 8vo. 4 vols. With some Account of the author, and eulogium by the Rev.

Robert Hall. Lond. 1822, 12mo. 5 vols.

-Yarmouth, 1824, for Allman, London, 18mo. 4 vols. ON VELLUM, (the 4 volumes bound in 8), two copies printed, one of which sold at Dawson Turner's sale, 1853, 67, 68.-Lond. 1825, 8vo. 3 vols.-Lond. Dove, 1825, 24mo. 4 vols.-Lond. 1827, 24mo. 4 vols.-Lond. 1831, 8vo. 2 vols. With Memoir by the Rev. Peter Hall, Lond. W. Pickering, 1837, 12mo. 4 vols. 17. 4s.-Lond. 1837, 8vo. in 1 vol.-1841, 8vo. complete in 2 vols.-Lond. H. G. Bohn, 1849, 8vo. portrait, 10s. 6d.-An Abridgment, Lond. 1816, 12mo. 7s.

Essays on the Prophecies relating to the Messiah. Lond. 1812, 8vo.

Christian System unfolded, in a Course of practical Essays on the principal Doctrines and duties of Christianity. Lond. 1805, 8vo. 3 vols.-1812, 8vo. 3 vols. Williams, 1511, morocco, 21. 9s.-1825, 8vo. 3 vols. 17. 10s.- - 1825, 8vo. complete in 1

vol. 12s.

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History and Antiquities of the parish of Edmonton, Co. Middlesex. Lond. 1819, 8vo. map and plates.-1839, 8vo. (pub. at 17. 5s.) reduced, H. G. Bohn, 10s. 6d.

History and Antiquities of Enfield in Middlesex, with Appendices. Lond. 1823, 8vo, 2 vols. plan and plates, 27. 2s.

History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hackney. Lond. 1842, 8vo. 2 vols. maps and plates, pub. at 21. 5s.

History of Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, and Life of St. Dunstan, Lond. 1844, 4to. 6s.

W. D. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution and of General Mina. 8vo. 2 vols.

An article on Mexico, with a notice of this work, will be found in the Quarterly Review, xxx. 151-85. A Sys

ROBISON, John, LL.D.

tem of mechanical Philosophy, with Notes by David Brewster, LL.D. Lond. 1822, 8vo. with 50 plates, 4 vols. 37. 3s.

Highly esteemed. Published at 47. Elements of Mechanical Philosophy, being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on that Science. Edinb. 1804, 8vo. Vol. I. including Dynamics and Astronomy, plates, (no more published).

Religions and Governments of Europe. Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the The second Edition corrected: to which is added a Postscript. Edinb. 1797, 8vo. Roxburghe, 8095, 6s.

ROBOTHAM, John. An Exposition on Solomon's Song. Lond. 1651, 4to. 10s.

ROB ROY. See ROGUE. ROBSON, Charles. Newes from Aleppo. Lond. 1628, 4to.

Francis. The Life of Hyder Ally. Lond. 1786, 8vo. 48.

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G. F. Picturesque Views of the English Cities, from Drawings by G. F. Robson. Edited by J. Britton. Lond. 1828, 4to. 4 parts. See BRITTON, J.

The Scenery of the Grampian Moun tains, illustrated by 40 etchings as Chalk

Drawings, with a Map and explanatory Descriptions. Lond. 1819, oblong folio, map and 41 coloured plates, pub. at 107. 10s. Sotheby's, in 1821, 27. 14s.

Afterwards reprinted with the plates coloured, without any regard to the beauty of the original drawings, or to the pictorial effect intended by the artist.

ROBSON, Joseph. Account of six Years' Residence in Hudson's Bay. Lond. 1752, 8vo.

With Maps. Willett, 2085, 4s. Reed, 5524, 7s. 6d. Marquis of Townshend, 2712,

8s.

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- Simon. The Choise of Change: containing the Triplicitie of Diuinitie, Philosophie, and Poetrie, newly set foorth by S. R. Gent. and Student in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. Lond. by Roger Warde, 1585, 4to.

N 2, in fours. The volume is dedicated to Sir Henry Herbert, Earle of Pembrooke, Sir Philip Sydney, Knight, with M. Robert Sydney Esquier,' after which is an address To the Reader. Nassau, pt. ii. 1578, 57. Bindley, pt. i. 2019, 47. Perry, pt. i. 1291, 27. 2s. Chalmers, pt.ii. 8vo. 11. 11s. This piece is by some attributed to Dr. Simon Robson, Dean of Bristol, in 1598, by others, most probably erroneously, to Samuel Rowlands.-1598, 4to. Reed, 1969, 13s. Nassau, pt. ii. 920,

russia, 17. 1s.

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Thomas. British Herald, an enlarged Dictionary of Armorial bearings of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland from the earliest to the present Time, with a complete Glossary of Heraldic Terms: to which is prefixed a History of Heraldry. Sunderland, 1830, 4to. 3 vols. many plates, pub.

107. reduced to 57.

History and Glossary of Heraldic Terms. Sunderland, 1830, 4to. 31 plates, pub. 17. 10s. LARGE PAPER, royal 4to. 21. Complete System of Knighthood. Sunderland, 1830, 4to. pub. at 17. 1s.

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William. Grammigraphia, or the Grammar of Drawing. Lond. 1799, 4to. 17. 18.

Heber, pt. iv. 2421, 11s. Another, pt.

viii. 11. 2s.

ROBY, John. Traditions of Lancashire, First Series. Lond. Longman, 1829, 8vo. 2 vols. plates.

Second Series. Lond. 1831, 8vo. 2 vols. both with plates. LARGE PAPER, 4 vols. proof plates on INDIA PAPER, 61. 68. copies, with proofs and etchings, 107. 10s. -Another edition, both Series. Lond. Colburn, 1841, post 8vo. 3 vols. without any engravings, 1. 11s. 6d. A new edition in 1 vol. is preparing by Mr. Bohn.

Legendary and Poetical Remains, with a sketch of his Life and Character by his widow. Lond. 1854, post 8vo. portrait, pub. at 10s. 6d. reduced, Bohn, 5s.

ROCCA, M. de. Memoires sur la Guerre des Françaises en Espagne, pendant les Années 1808-9. Lond. 1815, 8vo. 6s.

ham appeared in 1815, 8vo. 6s. An English translation by Maria Gra

wherein that Doctrine by Count ROCHE, I. Moravian Heresy, Zindendorf and others is refuted. Dublin, 1741. 8vo.

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ROCHEFORT, Count de. Memoirs, containing an Account of what passed most memorable under the ministry of Cardinal Richelieu and Mazarine. Lond. 1707, 8vo.

Translated from the French, [revised by

Lockyer Davis, bookseller]. Lond. 1781,

second revised edition-1791, 12mo. a neat edition of the original French. Lond. 1799, 12mo.

Charles Cæsar de. The History of the Caribby Islands, rendered into English by J. Davies. Lond. 1666, folio. See DAVIES, John.

ROCHEFOUCAULT, Francis, Duke of. Maxims and moral Reflections. Lond. 1775, 12mo. 5s.

contributed more, says Voltaire, to form Garrick, 2076, morocco, 14s. This work the taste of the French nation, and give it

LIANCOURT,

a true relish of propriety and correctness, than any other performance. Translations have been frequently printed in England. Lond. 1694.-1706.-1749, 12mo. - 1799, 12mo. New translation, Lond. Longman, 1850, 12mo. 4s. 6d. ROCHEFOUCAULT, Duke de la. Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iriquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic Account of Lower Canada. Lond. 1799, 4to. 2 vols.

A tolerably fair picture of America at this period, with respect to agriculture, statistics, manufactures, commerce, national and domestic habits. Hibbert, 4760, 18s. Fonthill, 363, 21. 2s. Stowe,

9s. 6d.

ROCHESTER, John Wilmot, Earl of. Poems on several occasions. Antwerp, (Lond.) 1680, 8vo.

In this and several other editions, are contained many poems full of obscenity, which are said to be falsely attributed to Lord Rochester. Lond. printed for A. Thorncome, 1685, 8vo. pp. 128. An edition said to be very rare. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 623, 51. 5s. Midgley, 31. 4s. - Antwerp, n. d. 8vo. pp. 128. Bindley, pt. iii. 229, 17. 10s. Utterson (there called first edition), 27. 11s. Heber, pt. iv. 10s. Skegg, 13s.

Valentinian, a Tragedy. Lond. 1685, 4to. Poems, &c. on several occasions, with Valentinian, a Tragedy. Lond. Tonson, 1691, 8vo. portrait.-Lond. Tonson, 1696, 8vo. title, 15 preliminary leaves, and pp. 224. Lond. Tonson, 1712, 12mo.

Familiar Letters by John Earl of Rochester, Tho. Otway, Kath. Philips and others. Lond. 1697, 8vo. 5s. Several of the Earl's letters will be found in Collet's Relics of Literature, selected from a volume of the Harleian MSS. no. 7003, in the British Museum. There are other letters scattered in collections.

Works of the Earls of Rochester and Roscommon, with Life of Rochester by Mons. St. Evremont. Lond. 1709, 8vo. 4 parts in 1 vol.

Works of the Earl of Rochester and the Earl of Roscommon, with their Lives prefixed; and the Delights of Venus, now first published. Lond. (1702), 8vo.-Second edition, 1707.-Third edition. To which are added, now first published, I. The Discovery. II. The Delights of Venus. Lond. E. Curll, 1714, 8vo. Title and character of the Earl of Rochester, by Mr. Wolsley, pp. 16; Preface, 1 leaf; Memoirs of the Earl of Rochester, by Mons. St. Evremont, 17 leaves;

Works, pp. 173; contents, p. 3; Miscella neous works of the Earl of Roscommon title and contents 3 leaves, and pp. 3-190; Two Poems by the Earl of Rochester, pp. 20.

The Works of John Earl of Rochester, Containing Poems on several Occasions, his Lordship's Letters to Mr. Savil and Mrs. * * with Valentinian, a Tragedy. Lond. Tonson, 1714, 12mo. pp. 334, portrait by Vander Gucht. Reed, 7607, 4s. Bibl. 17. 18. Nassau, pt. ii. 254, 106. Anglo-Poet. 624, morocco, by Roger Payne, PAPER.

THICK

Remains of John Earl of Rochester, being Satyrs, Songs and Poems; never before published. Lond. 1718, 12mo. There are several poems by Lord Rochester in the Bodleian Library, in Manuscript. See Rawlinson, Poet. 81.

Poems, with those of the Earls of Roscommon and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c., with Memoirs of their Lives. Lond. 1731, 12mo. portrait and plates.

The Poetical Works of the Earl of Rochester, &c. 1731-2, 2 vols. Garrick, 2052 (called an obscene edition). 10s. 6d. Roxburghe, Suppl. 633, 11s. Mitford, in 1860, 5l.

* * *.

Works, containing Poems on several Occasions, Letters to Mr. Savil and Mrs. '; with Valentinian, a Tragedy. Never before published together. Fourth edition. Lond. J. Tonson, 1732, 12mo. portrait by Vander Gucht, pp. 312, besides title and 10 preliminary leaves.

Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire. Buckinghamshire, &c., with Memoirs of their Lives, adorned with a new set of cuts. Lond. printed in the year 1739, 12mo portrait of Rochester, (2 vols. in 1. vol. 1, pp. Lxxii and 168. vol. 2, pp_xv and 200).

Poetical Works of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, with Additions (including the Cabinet of Love), and adorned with cuts. Lond. 1739, 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. (vol. 1, portrait of Rochester, title and contents, pp. vi and pp. 216; vol. 2, portrait of Buckhurst, title and contents, pp. vi. and pp. 216.)

Lond. 1756, 12mo. 2 vols. in 1, plates.

Lond. printed in the year 1757, 12mo. 2 vois. in 1, portrait and cuts. vol. 1, pp. Lxxii and 168; vol. 2, pp. xv. and 200, in. cluding the Cabinet of Love, pp. 24.

Lond. printed for the principal Booksellers in Town and Country, n. d. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1, with the Cabinet of Love, &c.

Poetical Works, with those of the Earls of Roscommon and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c., with Lives. Lond. 1774, small 8vo. portraits.-The same reprinted, with the

Cabinet of Love. Lond. (no publisher),

1777, small 8vo. 2 vols. in 1, 17. 1s.
The poems usually suppressed are, The
Cabinet of Love, containing, 1. The Disco-
very (which sometimes has an engraving);
2. Dildoides, by Mr. Butler; 3. The Delights
of Venus; 4. Lady Sandwich's Cabinet, a
Ballad, to the tune of the Old Man with
a Bed-full of bones; 5. A Letter to a
Friend; 6. Three Riddles. And to some
editions of the Cabinet of Love are added,

7. Natural History of the Arbor Vitæ, in
two cantos; 8. Lord Rochester against his
Whore-Pipe; 9. The Mock Song; 10. An
Interlude; 11. A Panegyric upon C****ms;
12. The happy life of a Country Parson,
by Dr. Swift, &c.

A Sermon preached at the Funeral of John Earl of Rochester, 9 Aug. 1680, on Luke xv. 7, by Robert Parsons. Oxford,

1680, 4to. 2s.

See BURNET, Gilbert.
ROCHESTER, Laurence Hyde,
Earl of. Essay towards the Life
of Laurence Earl of Rochester.
Lond. 1711, 8vo.

Correspondence. Edited by Singer.
See CLARENDON, L. Hyde, Earl of, p. 469.
ROCHESTER.—The History and
Antiquities of the Cathedral
Church of Rochester. Lond. 1717
or 1723, 8vo.

This publication has been ascribed to John Lewis, but is generally supposed to have been written by Dr. Richard Rawlinson. Dent, pt. i. 1052, 8s. Bindley, pt. ii. 640, 8s. Drury, 3558, 5s, Sir P. Thompson, 23, 6s. 6d. Collation.-Pp. 120 and 109, not including title, one leaf; preface, 4 pages; contents, 2 pages, and index of persons' names, 3 pages.

The History and Antiquities of Rochester and its Environs. Rochester, tion, compiled by Thomas Fisher, with the assistance of the Rev. Samuel Denne and W Shrubsole. Nassau, pt. i. 1617, 6s. Dent, pt. i. 1053, 10s. Heber, pt. i. 5944, 2s. 6d. Pp. 353, not including title, one leaf; advertisement and contents, 2 pages: list of subscribers, 10 pages: errata, one page, and 6 plates at pp. 1, 19, 57, 73, 96 and 257. Pages 195 to 206, and 281-8 are repeated with asterisks.-Second edition. Rochester, 1817, 8vo.

1772, small 8vo. A work in some estima

City of Rochester. A Particular of the several Estates, Lands and Tenements belonging to Mr. Watts's and St. Catherine's Charities; and also the City Estates. 1779, 4to. pp. 27. Fifty copies printed.

Madagascar and the East Indies.
Translated from the French. To
which is added, a Memoir on the
Chinese Trade. Lond. 1792, 8vo. 5s.

With a map of Madagascar. Fonthill, 2925, 1. Rochon's voyage will be found in the sixteenth volume of Pinkerton's Collection of Voyages and Travels.

ROCK, Daniel, D.D. Hierurgia; or the holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with Notes and Dissertations elucidating its Doctrines and Ceremonies. Lond. 1833, 8vo. 2 vols. plates, 11. 8s.

Second edition, Lond. 1850, 8vo. 16s. ROCOLES, J. B. de. The Lives and Actions of several notorious Counterfeits, who have usurped the titles of Emperors, Kings, and Princes. Translated into English. Lond. 1683, small 8vo. front. of XII. heads.

Skegg, 3s. Hibbert, 6974, 5s. ROCQUE. Plans of London, Westminster and Southwark, in 1740, engraved on 24 sheets, with Index. Imp. folio.

Survey of London and the Country about it, for nineteen miles east and west, by thirteen miles north and south. Lond. 1748, imp. folio.

This artist engraved maps of several English Counties, &c.

RODD, Thomas. The History of Charles the Great and Orlando, ascribed to Archbishop Turpin; translated from the Latin in Spanheim's Lives of Ecclesiastical Writers; together with Metrical Versions of the most celebrated ancient Spanish Ballads, relating to the twelve Peers of France, mentioned in Don Quixote. Lond. 1812, post 8vo. 2 vols.

Skegg, 17s. Goldsmid, 611, 15s. Harward, 1859, 1l. 15s.

Las Guerras civiles de Granada: or, the Civil Wars of Granada: and the

History of the Zegries and Abencerrages,
to the final Conquest by Ferdinand and
Isabella. Translated from the Arabian
by Abenhamin; into Spanish by Genes
Perez de Hita, of Murcia; and into En-
glish by Thomas Rodd. Lond. 1801, 8vo.
Ancient Ballads from the Civil Wars

See HEARNE, Thomas, p. 1025.
ROCHON, Abbé. A Voyage to of Grenada and the twelve Peers of

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