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Bibliotheca curiosa: or, a catalogue of very curious, scarce, and uncommon books and tracts, relating to the history and antiquities of Great-Britain and Ireland, and divers other Nations. With a large Collection of, Parliamentary Affairs, Travels, Uoyages, Trade, Coin, Husbandry, Heraldry, Battles, Sieges, Physick, Alchemy, Mathematicks, Mines, Minerals, Lives, &c. With a Collection of Manuscripts, of History, Heraldry, and Parliamentary Affairs, and a great Number of Trials, Speeches, Proclamations, and Declarations, &c. Which will be sold very Cheap, (the Lowest Price fixed in each Book) on Thursday the 30th of this instant March 1732, by L. Lawlor, Bookseller, In St. Martin's Church-Yard, near the Strand, Beginning at Eight in the Morning. Catalogues may be had at Mr. Strahan's in Cornhill; Mr. Wotton's over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street; Mr. Brindley's in New-Bond-Street; Mr. Jackson's, Pall-Mall, Booksellers; at Forest's Coffee-House against the Mews-Gate, Charing-Cross; the British Coffee-House in the Court of Requests; and at the Place of Sale.
Lawlor, L.Date: 1732]- Archives and manuscripts
23 letters, July 1854-May 1855, from Captain William Markham of 2nd Battalion the Rifle Brigade to his friends and family, describing the outbreak of cholera among the troops, the Battles of Alma and Balaclava, and the siege of Sebastopol, including the poor conditions in which the soldiers had to live
Date: 1854-1855Reference: RAMC/436/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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An impartial narrative of each engagement which took place between His Majesty's forces and the rebels, during the Irish rebellion, 1798. Including Very Interesting Information Not Before Made Public. Carefully collected from authentic letters, by John Jones. Embellished with engravings of the Battles of Arklow and Tara-Hill. The fourth edition. Part I.
Jones, John, active 1786-1827.Date: 1800- Books
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The whole life and glorious actions of Francis Eugene, Prince of Savoy, Generalissimo of the Emperor of Germany's Forces: With all his Battles, Sieges, and other Military Atchievements; from his first exploits in the siege of Vienna, to this present time. Vvritten originally in the German tongue, and now translated into English.
Date: 1707- Books
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The field of Mars: being an alphabetical digestion of the principal naval and military engagements, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, particularly of Great Britain and her allies, from the ninth century to the present period. Consisting of Attacks, Attempts, Actions, Battles, Blockades, Bombardments, Descents, Defeats, Engagements, Expeditions, Invasions, Reductions, Sea Fights, Storms, Sieges, Surprises, Repulses, and Skirmishes: Selected from the Best Historians and Journalists, and Adjusted from the Greatest Authority. Interspersed with concise Descriptions of the Towns and Places, the Subject of each Article. To which is prefixed An essay on the art of war, and A Comprehensive System of Military and Naval Discipline. ... . Embellished with Maps, Charts, Plans, and Views of Battles.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war; Parade, Camp, Field Duty; Manoeuvres, Standing and General Orders; Warrants, Regulations, Returns; Tables, Forms, Extracts from Military Acts; Battles, Sieges, Forts, Ports, Military Dictionary, &c. with Twenty-Five Maps and Copper Plates. By Thomas Simes, Esq. Author of the Military Medley.
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: 1781;- Books
Stonewall Jackson's surgeon Hunter Holmes McGuire : a biography / Maurice F. Shaw.
Shaw, Maurice F. (Maurice Friedlander)Date: 1993- Books
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The military history of Charles XII. King of Sweden, written by the express order of his Majesty, by M. Gustavus Adlerfeld, Chamberlain to the King. To which is added, an exact account of the Battle of Pultowa, with a Journal of the King's Retreat to Bender. Illustrated with plans of the Battles and Sieges. Translated into English. In three volumes.
Adlerfeld, Gustavus, 1671-1709.Date: 1740- Books
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A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Cæsar, to the year 1795. Comprising an Accurate Account of the Revolutions, Conquests, Wars, Battles, Sea-Fights, Blockades, Bombardments, Sieges, Skirmishes, Fortifications, Treaties, Acquisitions, Discoveries, Settlements, Treasons, Plots, Conspiracies, Assassinations, Civil Commotions, Inundations, Earthquakes, Storms, Hurricanes, Constitution, Laws, Charters, Corporations, Privileges, Immunities, Government, Religion, Customs, Manners, Commerce, Inventions, Arts and Sciences, Learning, Antiquities, Naval & Military Transactions, &c. With Every Circumstance Worthy of Being Recorded in the British Annals; Forming a chronological detail of the Transactions of all the monarchs Have Swayed the Sceptre of Britain; Wherein their Characters are properly delineated, with equal Impartiality and Disinteresle iness; Whether exalted by their Virtues or execrated for their Vices, remarkable for their Courage or detested for their Pusiltanimity. Also, biographical anecdotes of admirals, generals, Statesmen, Patriots, Historians, Orators, &c. Whose superior Abilities have immortalized their Names, and contributed to the Honour and Dignity of their Country. The Whole carefully pruned of the Errors of preceding Historians; their Party-Prejudices, Absurdities, and fabulous Details removed for the more solid Recital of Historical Facts, confirmed by the Evidence of the most authentic Authors; containing, for the Space of near Three Thousand Years, whatever is deserving of being recorded in a Work of so much Importance as the History of Great-Britain. By Charles Alfred Ashburton, Esq.
Ashburton, Charles Alfred.Date: [1795]- Books
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A new history of the Grecian states, from their earliest period to their extinction by the Ottomans. Containing an Account of their Most Memorable Sieges and Battles; and the Character and Exploits of their Most Celebrated Heroes, Orators, and Philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A new history of the Grecian states, from their earliest period to their extinction by the Ottomans. Containing AN Account Of Their Most Memorable Sieges And Battles; And The Character And Exploits Of Their Most Celebrated Heroes, Orators, And Philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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The history of the remarkable life of the renowned Charles XII. King of Sweden. Giving an Account of his many Sieges and Battles with the Kings of Denmark and Poland, and the Czar of Muscovy. His Flight into Turkey, and his Behaviour at Bender. With the Manner of his Death, at Frederickshall, in Norway.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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England's triumph; or the glorious campaign in the year 1704. Containing An exact Account of all the memorable Transactions that have happened by Land and Sea; as Sieges, Battles, Sea-Fights, Skirmishes, Marches, and Counter-Marches of Armies, Successes, and Victories, in Flanders, the Empire, Savoy, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and other places. With the Letters and Declarations of the Emperor, Kings, Princes and great Generals. The Result of Councils of War and other Councils. More particularly of the forcing the Lines of the Enemy at Donawert, and the glorious Victory obtained by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, in Conjunction with the Confederate Forces, over the French and Savarians, at the famous Battle of Hochstet and Bleinheim. The Siege of Landau and Traarback. The Taking Gibraltar, and the Defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. George Rook, &c. With a Poem on his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Date: 1704- Books
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The military history of Great Britain, from Julius Cæsar to the conclusion of the late war. Containing A full and particular Description of the famous Battles of Cressey, Agincourt, Naseby, Dunbar, Worcester, Blenheim, Ramillies, Malplaquet, Tournay, Oudenarde, Dumblain, Dettingen, Fontenoy, Preston-Pans, Culloden, Minden, &c. &c. With an Introduction, Containing A Description of the Inhabitants, from the Earliest Accounts, with their Customs, Manners, Religion, &c. Collected from the best historians, both ancient and modern, by a society of military gentlemen.
Society of military gentlemen.Date: [1763?]- Books
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The tablet of memory, or historian's guide. Wherein every remarkable occurrence in our history, such as Battles, Sieges, Conspiracies, Rebellions, Invasions, Tryals, Executions, Fires, Earthquakrs, Storms, Revolutions, Births, Marriages, Deaths. and every other memorable event that has happened in England and Ireland to the present Time are accurately recorded, with the dates affixed; together with a full and exact Chronology of the most eminent Men in all Ages. Designed for the Pocket, in Order to set People right in Conversation. By the Rev. John Trusler, D. D. To which are added the following useful Articles, List of the Chief Governors of Ireland. - Ditto of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of Dublin down to this Year. - Ditto of the Peers of Ireland, with the Stiles of their eldest Sons. - An exact Table of the Fares of Coaches, Post Chaises, and Sedan Chairs, according to the late Act of Parliament. - Table of Guineas ready cast up. - Tables of Interest. - Tables of Annuities for Lives from Sir Isaac Newton, and a compleat Market Book.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: M,DCCLXXXII. [1782]- Pictures
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Gifts are carried to the palace. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580751iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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Chinese seated figures wait outside a royal tent. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580736iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A procession of Chinese nobles. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580749iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A Chinese holy man is carried by a turtle across the river, while passers-by look on, astonished. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580745iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A noble is assassinated by a carrier of gifts. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580753iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A Chinese caravan arrives at an encampment of nobles and sages. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580732iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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Two Chinese nobles arrive at a palace complex, the vestibule of which is decorated with golden statues of warriors. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580742iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A procession of Chinese nobles. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580750iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A messenger arrives at a Chinese court. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580746iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles- Pictures
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A seated Chinese visitor threatens to cut his own throat in front of his host. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 580748iPart of: A Chinese tale of battles, treasure and miracles