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Proposals for printing by subscription, a versification of fingal, an epic poem, in six books. With a preface and an ode, addressed to the spirit of Ossian. By a gentleman of the University of Oxford.
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.Date: 1769]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, the British archaiology: or, The Cambro-Britons library. Dedicated to His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. With an address to the illustrious chieftains, the nobility and gentry in Wales, the most venerable and learned society of the cymmrodorion, in London, and many of the English nobility and gentry; to return grateful acknowledgments of their favours and auspicious encouragements to complete and further the publication of this work. By T. Jeffreys, V.D.M.
Jeffreys, T., V.D.M.Date: 1783]- Books
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Proposals for compiling and publishing a book to be intituled, Pietas Anglicana: or, An historical account of all the works of piety, charity, and other acts of beneficence, done in England since the reformation, with respect to religion, learning, and provision for all sorts of poor; collected from histories, records, wills, monuments, and other authentic evidence. The first volume whereof will begin with London, and the work carried on afterwards, God willing, thro' the universities, and other parts of the kingdom.
Date: 1701?]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription D. Gulielmi Baxteri qus̆upersunt enarrationes & notĭn D. Junii Juvenalis satyras. Accedit index rerum & verborum observatione digniorum, quĭn iisdem occurrunt, locupletissunus. Accurante Mose Gulielmio,.A.M.R.S. Soc.
Baxter, William, 1650-1723.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- 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, -1767.Date: 1742]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription. The history of the county of Somerset; Collected from authentic records, and an actual survey. Containing, I. A general view of the ancient and present state of the county. II. History of the cities of Bath and Wells. III. Historical and topographical account of every town, village, hamlet, and tithing, in each hundred; shewing their etymology, situation, natural history, antiquities, state of agriculture, commerce, manufactures, civil police, markets, fairs, charities, privileges, customs and manners, memorable occurrences, and lives of eminent persons. IV. Descent of manors, &c. from the norman conquest to the present time, with an accurate transcript of domesday-book so far as it relates to this county, and a translation of it in English. V. Ecclesiastical history; including a particular account of the bishoprick of Bath and Wells, with the succession of its bishops and deans; -the origin, progress, flourishing state, and dissolution, of the religious houses; -an account of all the livings, present patrons and incumbents. -Description of all, and accurate engravings of the principal churches, with copies of monumental inscriptions. The historical and ecclesiastical part by the Reverend John Collinson, F.A.S. The topographical, and natural history, by Mr. Edmund Rack, secretary to the agriculture and philosophical societies at bath, and honorary member of the society for promoting natural history in London.
Collinson, John, 1756 or 1757-1793.Date: 1784]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, the history, antiquities, and present state of the county of Middlesex: divided into hundreds: ...
Date: 1753]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription an ancient Roman tesselated pavement, found at Littlecot, in the parish of Ramesbury, in the county of Wilts. ...
Date: 1752]- Books
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, travels through different parts of Europe and Asia. Particularly a journey to Jerusalem in 1788, with an account of the life and private memoirs of T...... W......, Esq. Written by himself. The work will be elegantly printed by T. Bensley, in two volumes royal quarto, on superfine wove paper, and hotpressed; of which this proposal may be considered as a specimen. To be enriched with twenty-one engravings, executed by the most eminent artists. The price to subscribers will be five guineas in boards. A list of the subscribers to-be published, and the money to be paid on the delivery of the work. Subscriptions are received in London at the House of John Hood, Esq. and Co. Debrett, Piccadilly; and Murray and Highley, Fleet Street; and in Dublin by Burne and Co. College Green.
T. W., Esq.Date: 1790?]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, A translation of the scacchia, of the celebrated M.H. Vida. An heroic poem on the game of chess. By the Revd. Sam. Pullein, A.M.
Vida, Marco Girolamo, approximately 1485-1566.Date: MDCCXLIX [1749]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, An enquiry into the husbandry of the ancients. By the Reverend Adam Dickson, A.M. late minister of Dunse.
Dickson, Adam, 1721-1776.Date: [1788]- Books
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, in one large volume 4to, Price 1l. 11s. 6d. in boards, or to non-subscribers 2... illustrated with a large two sheet map of the country thirty miles round Manche[ster] on which will be accurately laid down all the noblemen's and gentlemen's s... parks, towns, villages, public buildings, manufactories; old and new tur... and cross roads, made or making; Rivers, lakes, bridges, and canals, n... making, or in agitation; and embellished with several other copper plates, of v... of towns, romantic scenes, new and and ancient buildings, &c. taken on the sp... E. Dayes, and five separate maps of the counties of Cheshire, Lancash[ire] Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire, a description of the country from thirty to forth miles round Mancheste[r] containing I. A full account of its geography, both civil and natural, and of its prin... productions. II. Accounts of its towns and chief villages; their history, population, com... and manufactures. III. Remains of antiquity, notices of distinguished families and persons, and miscellaneous objects curious and interesting. The matherials to be arranged, and the work composed, By. J. Aikin, M.D.
Aikin, John, 1747-1822.Date: 1793- Books
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Proposald for reprinting, in four volumes octavo, Bishop Burnet's history of his own time, from the restoration of King Charles II. to the conclusion of the treaty of peace at Utrecht, in the reign of Queen Anne. To which is prefixed, a summary recapitulation of affairs in Church and state, from King James I. to the restoration in the year 1660. And to which will be added, the author's life by the editor. Together with some explanatory notes. The whole revised and corrected by him. Those who intend to encourage this work, are desired to send their names and places of abode to A. Millar, in the Strand; and S. Bladon, at the Paper-mill, In Pater-noster-Row. By whom the volumes will be carefully sent to such as order them. Subscriptions are also taken in by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: 1752]- 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, active 1718-1725.Date: 1726]- Books
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Proposals for publishing, by subscription or order, in one volume, royal octavo, price half a guinea in boards, to be paid on delivery, or on subscription-at pleasure, an original work; never having been before attempted; of the most general use, viz. The estimate-book of rents, interests, and dividends; Of profits, losses, charges, allowances, ... differences in weights and measures of all kinds, in all countries, &c. &c. The universal tables, for buying, selling, and speculations, in lands, houses, the public funds, and the stocks of the public companies; and in every article of produce, manufacture, merchandize, &c. the per-cent-book. To which will be added, tables of annuities certain, annuities on lives, and assurances on lives. For the use of every person of property; ... and of every person in trade. ...With an introduction, containing familiar examples of the application of the tables, by inspection, to their extensive and various uses; to render the same perfectly easy to any person. By George Black. Among many other respectable gentlemen, and men of business, to whom the manuscript has been shewn, and whose approbation and recommendation the work has received, are the following: the Rev. Richard Price, D.D.F.R.S. &c. William Morgan, Esq. actuary of the Equitable Assurance Society. Thomas Coutts, Esq. and Co. bankers. Meses. R.H.G. & A.B. Drammond & Co. bankers. The Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice. Sir Robert Herries and Co. bankers. Charles Herries, and Co. merchants. Messrs. Moffatt, Kensingtons, and Boler, bankers. Peter Thellusson, Esq. and sons, merchants. Messrs. Thorntons and Smalley, merchants. Alex. Trotter, Esq. pay-master of the navy. The subscriptions have also received the liberal and respectable lead subjoined to these proposals.
Black, George, active 1789-1794.Date: 1790?]- Books
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Proposals for printing an exact and ample account of all the books printed by William Caxton, who was the first printer in England: Wherein will be set forth some select chapters from each book, to shew the nature and diction thereof, with all his proems, prologues, epilogues, and tables, in his own words. There will be also interspersed several ancient and curious matters relating to the history of England, and other curious subjects: with vocabulary of the old English words, and an explanation of them, which will greatly illustrate the ancient English language, as it was written in the reign of Edward III. and continued down to Henry VII. Kings of England, as contained in the writings of Thomas Woodstock Duke of Glocester, Anthony Woodville Earl Rivers, John Gower, Geoffry Chaucer, John Lydgate, and other famous persons. R. Minshull, library-keeper to the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford deceas'd.
Minshull, Randal.Date: 1745?]- Books
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Isle of Wight. The following proposal for publishing a selection of views, illustrated by descriptive accounts, of the remains of antiquity and most remarkable natural curiosities, of the Isle of Wight, is, with respectful deference, submitted to the public consideration: ...
Landseer, John, 1769-1852.Date: 1792?]- Books
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Proposals for printing, by subscription, the philosophical works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-chancellor of England, digested, and made entirely English, from the originals. With occasional notes, to explain what is obscure, and shew how far the several plans of the author, for the advancement of philosophy, the sciences, and arts, have been executed to the present time. In three volumes, by Peter Shaw M. D.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.Date: 1731]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, miscellaneous collections, with observations respecting the history, religion, literature, laws, and manners, of the most celebrated ancient nations of Asia and Europe; By which the origin of many usages, and customs, in the British islands, and other parts of Europe, may be traced up to the remotest antiquity. To which are added, numerous curiosities of nature and art; the latter chiefly consisting of many antiquities in different parts of the globe, with anecdotes of several eminent persons in Asia and Europe. And a great variety of other curious articles. In two volumes quarto. By John Morgan, of the inner temple, barrister at law.
Morgan, John, 1757 or 1758-Date: 1796- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription a collection of writings in the Welsh tongue, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Williams, Moses, 1686-1742.Date: 1719]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription a new edition of Spenser's Fairy Queen, with notes by John Upton, prebendary of Rochester.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.Date: 1758?]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, the history of the peloponnesian war. Translated from the Greek of Thucrdides. By William Smith, A.M. rector of Trinity in Chester, and chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby. Proposals delivered, and suscriptions taken in, by W. Sandby, bookseller, in Fleet-Street; R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and B. Dod, in Ave-Mary-Lane.
Thucydides.Date: 1753?]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, An inquiry into the husbandry of the ancients. By Adam Dickson, late minister of Dunse.
Dickson, Adam, 1721-1776.Date: [1773]- Books
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, twenty four perspective views, of the present state of the most noted abbies, religious foundations, castles, and other remains of antiquity; in the counties of Wilts, Glocester, and Monmouth. By Samuel and Nathanael Buck.
Buck, Samuel, 1696-1779.Date: 1732]- Books
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, a series of prints, that illustrate the rise and progress of civilization and of knowledge, as founded on religion. This design hath been attempted in several compartments in stucco, in the library of Ralph Willett, Esq. at Merley, in Dorset. Accompanied by an ample description, in English and in French, of each print; explaining the intention of the author.
Date: 1785]