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William Roscoe

English historian, abolitionist, art collector, politician, lawyer, banker, botanist and writer (1753-1831)

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    The day-star of liberty; a new song

    William Roscoe | Date: 1789?]
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    The life, death, and wonderful atchievements of Edmund Burke . A new ballad. By the author of the Wrongs of Africa.

    William Roscoe | Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]
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    A new arrangement of the plants of the monandrian class usually called Scitamineae / by William Roscoe.

    William Roscoe | Date: 1807
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    The works of Alexander Pope, esq. with notes and illustrations by himself and others. To which are added a new life of the author, an estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks / by William Roscoe. Esq.

    Alexander Pope | Date: 1824
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellany: Authors, chiefly Historians, Archeologists and Assyriologists

    John Leycester Adolphus | Date: 1817-1890 | Reference: MS.8072
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