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Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement.

GILLRAY (James).

Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement, 1782.

"ONE OF THE BOLDEST POST-REVOLUTIONARY ATTACKS LEVELED AGAINST THE NEW MINISTRY"

Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements.

[PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF].

Youthful Sport, Harmless Amusements, 1780.

PRINTED HANDKERCHIEF SHOWING CHILDREN PLAYING

An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ********.

[NEWTON (John)].

An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting… 1764.

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON'S REMARKABLE CONVERSION

Five bound volumes of Sessions Papers covering the period 1730-1743.

Five bound volumes of Sessions Papers covering the… 1730.

“NOT ONLY NECESSARY FOR ALL LAWYERS, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, CLERKS OF INDICMENTS…BUT ARE USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING TO THE GENRALITY OF READERS”

Handmade peep show formed from a copy of The New Cries of London.

[AMATEUR PEEP SHOW].

Handmade peep show formed from a copy of… 1803.

AN AMATEUR HANDMADE PEEP SHOW

A View of the Vivarium, constructed principally with large masses of the Rock of Gibraltar, in the garden of Joshua Brookes Esq.

BROOKES (Joshua)., SCHARF (George) artist and lithographer, & HULLMANDEL (Charles Joseph), printer.

A View of the Vivarium, constructed principally with… 1830.

A PRIVATELY PRINTED IMAGE OF JOSHUA BROOKES'S VIVARIUM

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes.

GERARD (John) and & JOHNSON (Thomas).

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1633.

"SARAH BULLOK HER BOOK"

Schools for All.

[EDUCATION REFORM].

Schools for All, 1813.

"THE WRETCHED IGNORANCE OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE POPULATION, IS THE FRUITFUL PARENT OF CRIME"

Traite des Nêgres.

[ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE].

Traite des Nêgres, 1794.

AN ABOLITIONIST PRINT BY A FRENCH FEMALE ENGRAVER, "CITOYENNE ROLLET"

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which runs a River of Rich Rejoycing.

A Sea of the Seed’s Sufferings, Through which… 1661.

"HERE ENDS WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ROME-PRISON OF MAD-MEN"

Englands Lamentable Slaverie.

WALWYN (William).

Englands Lamentable Slaverie, 1645.

“LIBERTIE AND PRIVILEDGE…IS, AS DUE UNTO YOU, AS THE AYRE YOU BREATH IN”

Letters of Freeman, &c.

Letters of Freeman, &c, 1771.

"...ALL TRUE LOVERS OF LIBERTY THROUGHOUT AMERICA..."

To the friends of freedom and to the English who were imprisoned during the French Revolution;

SNAGG (Thomas) artist.

To the friends of freedom and to the… 1802.

ENGLISH PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE TERROR

A Letter from Dr. Rock,

[ROCK (Richard)].

A Letter from Dr. Rock, 1745.

"...IS NOT HIS LIXIVIUM A SORT OF LIQUID SOAP?": A MEDICAL SATIRE

The Compleat Woman.

DU BOSC (Jacques)

The Compleat Woman, 1639.

"READING IS VERY REQUISITE FOR WOMEN; FOR SINCE THEY NO LESSE NEED OF DUMBE TEACHERS, THEN PRINCES..."

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this Question. Whence come the Stork and the Turtle, the Crane and the Swallow,

MORTON (Charles).

An Essay towards the Probable Solution of this… 1703.

"PROBABLY THE MOST REMARKABLE THEORY THAT HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO ACCOUNT FOR MIGRATION"

The Access or Permitted Approach of a Court Penitent to the Divine Astrea.

WARING (Henry).

The Access or Permitted Approach of a Court… 1703.

A BIZARRELY PRINTED POEM WITH A UNIQUE DEDICATION LEAF - OWNED BY THE IRISH QUAKER POET MARY LEADBEATER

Micrographia Restaurata:

HOOKE (Robert).

Micrographia Restaurata:, 1745.

WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS BY A KNOWLEDGABLE READER

Some Thoughts Concerning Education.

[LOCKE (John).]

Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LOCKE'S PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

The Churches Lamentation for the losse of the Godly:

STOCK (Richard).

The Churches Lamentation for the losse of the… 1614.

MOURNING THE YOUNG JOHN HARINGTON

Regimen Sanitatis Salerni

PAYNELL (Thomas), translator.

Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, 1575.

THE REGIMEN OF THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO - A BRISTOL SURGEON'S COPY

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. SPENCER (John, III), of Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

"An Account of the Improvements in the Gardens…

LANDSCAPING THE GROUNDS AT CANNON HALL, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V.

BEDE , The Venerable, 673/4-735.

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V, 1566.

CAREFULLY COLLATED WITH THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT BY THE SCHOLAR FRANCIS TATE

Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Priuate Eiaculations By Henry Vaughan Silurist.

VAUGHAN (Henry).

Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Priuate Eiaculations… 1650.

A VERY FINE COPY

An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips

MUILMAN (Teresia Constantia, née Phillips).

An apology for the conduct of Mrs. Teresia… 1748.

England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, the Ballance of our Forraign Trade is the Rule of our Treasure.

England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, the Ballance… 1669.

THE MACCLESFIELD COPY

The Theory of Moral Sentiments;

The Theory of Moral Sentiments;, 1790.

THE FINAL LIFETIME EDITION

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill.

HOBBES (Thomas).

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of… 1651.

THE 'BEAR' EDITION

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke.

LE CLERC (Jean). & [LOCKE (John).]

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke, 1706.

THE FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY OF LOCKE

Institutio logicae, ad commnes usus accommodata. Editio Tertia, auctior & emendatior.

Institutio logicae, ad commnes usus accommodata. Editio Tertia,… 1702.

A Discourse of Drinking Healths.

[DRINKING]. & BROWNE (Peter).

A Discourse of Drinking Healths, 1716.

Petit Waux-Hall.

[PLEASURE GARDENS].

Petit Waux-Hall, 1780.

INTRIGUE AND AMOROUS ADVENTURES IN A PARISIAN PLEASURE GARDEN

A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles, as related by Historians. With an Essay towards restoring a Method and Purity in History. In Which, The Characters of the most celebrated Writers of every Age, and of the seve

[WARBURTON (William).]

A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes… 1727.

Disowned by its author

The Life of the Great Statesman William Cecil, Lord Burghley,

COLLINS (Arthur).

The Life of the Great Statesman William Cecil,… 1732.

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill.

HOBBES (Thomas).

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of… 1651.

THE 'BEAR' EDITION

The Works of Plato Abridg'd:

The Works of Plato Abridg'd:, 1772.

PLATONIC DIALOGUES

An Abridgement of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding.

LOCKE (John). & [WYNNE (John)., editor].

An Abridgement of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning Human… 1731.

A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God, and the Obligations of Natural Religion, and the Truth and Certainty of the Christian Revelation. In Answer to Mr. Hobbs [sic], Spinoza, the Author of the Oracles of Reason, and other Deniers of Natu

CLARKE (Samuel).

A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of… 1725.

The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God

Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.

Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, 1793.

A Dissertation on Miracles: containing An Examination of the Principles advanced by David Hume, Esq; in an Essay on Miracles.

[HUME (David).] & CAMPBELL (George).

A Dissertation on Miracles: containing An Examination of… 1762.

"one of the most dangerous attacks that have been made on our religion"

An Essay on Genius.

GERARD (Alexander).

An Essay on Genius, 1774.

A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World.

[GREGORY (John).]

A Comparative View of the State and Faculties… 1772.