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Proposals for printing Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale diœcesis Londinensis: or, an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London. Giving an account of the Bishops of that see, from the first foundation thereof. Also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries from the conquest. And lastly, of the several parish-churches, as well exempt as not exempt, within the limits of that diocese; and of their patrons and incumbents. And also, the endowments of several vicarages. And likewise, of the several religious houses that were within the same continu'd to the year of our lord, MDCLXXXVIII. In an alphabetical order. By Ric. Newcourt, notary-publick, one of the procurators-general of the arches-court of Canterbury; who lately executed the office of principal registary of the said diocese for near xxvii years. with a distinct map of the same; and a complete index. ..
Newcourt, Richard, d. 1679.Date: 1706?]- E-books
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Proposals for printing, by subscription, the two first volumes of Bibliotheca Harleiana: or, A catalogue of the library of the late Earl of Oxford. Purchased by Thomas Osborne, bookseller, in Gray's-Inn
Osborne, Thomas, d. 1767.Date: 1742]- E-books
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Proposals for printing by subscription D. Gulielmi Baxteri quæ supersunt enarrationes & notæ in D. Junii Juvenalis satyras . Accedit index rerum & verborum observatione digniorum, quæin iisdem occurrunt, locupletissunus. Accurante Mose Gulielmio,.A.M.R.S. Soc.
Baxter, William, 1650-1723.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- E-books
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Proposals, for printing by subscription a collection of charters, letters patent, and other instruments, concerning the creation and investiture of the eldest sons of the Kings of England; as Princes of Wales, Dukes of Cornwall, and Earls of Chester, and Flint Together with several extracts out of the Parliament rolls, relating to the honour, dignity, and estate of the Prince of Wales; from the time of Edward, the First Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward the Second, to the time of Edward the Fourth, inclusive; faithfully collected from the records of the Tower, by Charles Bush, one of the clerks of the record-office in the Tower, and late Fellow of King's College in Cambridge: To which will be added, Rotulus Walliæ, De Aprisa & certificatione factis in Wallia, anno regni Regis Edwardi (scil. Primi) nono, per Thom. Meneven. Episcopum, Reginaldum de Grey, & Walterum de Hopton, ad boc assignatos, per Sacramentum tam militum, quam aliorum liberorum hominum de diversis cantredis, per quas Leges & per quas Consuetudines debent walenses regi & deduci. Statuta Walliæ, edita apud Rothelann. Anno regni Regis Edwardi Primi duodecimo. Collated with two records thereof in the Exchequer. Carta, De dote assignata Johannæ principissæ, quæ fuit uxor Edwardi Principis Walliæ, filii Edwardi tertii. Litere Patentes. De consuetudinibus West-Walliæ, Suth-Walliæ & North-Walliæ observandis. De inquirendo de bonis decedentium intestatorum in marchia Walliæ. De justiciariis in Walliæ constituits. Breve de certiorari de anno Henrici sexti quarto decimo, cum tenore recordi & processus loguelæ coram thesaurario & Baronibus de scaccario inter Edwardum principem Walliæ, & Edwardum tertium.
Bush, Charles, fl. 1718-1725.Date: 1726]- E-books
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Proposals for printing, by subscribtion, a work, intitled, encyclopædia britannica; or, A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences , Composed in the form of distinct treatises or systems. With accurate defitnitions and explanations of all the terms as they occur in the order of the alphabet; also full descriptions of the various machines, insruments, tools, figures, &c. necessary for illustrating them; and of the classes, kinds, preparations, and uses of natural productions, whether animals, vegetables, minerals, fossils, or fluids. Together with the account of the kingdoms provinces, cities, towns, and other remarkable places throughout the world. Illustrated with above one hundred and fifty large copperplates, exhibiting several thousand figures, accurately engraven. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. To be dedicated, by permission, to Sir Laurence Dundas of kerse, baronet, member of Parliament for the city of Edinburgh.
Date: 1768]