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Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary; Designed as a Body of Physic and Surgery Both with Regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. By R. James, M.D.
James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776.Date: [1741]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription Mineralogia Cornubiensis; or, a general treatise upon Minerals, Mines, and Mining, Wherein the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fissures, and Lodes, as to their origin, matter, formation, direction, inclination, interruption, elevation, and depression, Are rationally accounted for, upon the Universal Principles of Nature and Philosophy. With the Methods at large of discovering, working, and drawing the water of Tin, Copper, and Lead Mines, Together with the cleansing and metalizing their Products; Shewing each particular Process for digging, raising, dressing, as saying, and smelting of Ores in Cornwall. To which will be added, A Cornu-British Etymological explanation of the Cornu-Technical Terms and Idioms of Tinners: Including those which are used among the Lead Mines and Collieries of Great-Britain. By W. Pryce, of Redruth, in Cornwall.
Pryce, William, 1725?-1790.Date: 1774]- Books
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Elegant and copious history of France. Intended to be completed in one hundred weekly numbers. Making four handsome quarto volumes, superbly embellished; in order to form a necessary counterpart to the various histories of England, and without which, indeed, the latter must be considered as incomplete. The historical designs by that admired Artist Singleton---the heads of the Kings, and other eminent persons of France, from valuable pictures, obtained, with much difficulty, from the cabinets of the Virtuosi, in Engalnd, Italy, and France---to be executed, in the best manner, by Jones, engraver extraordinary to His Royal Highness of Prince of Wales.---The necessary maps, also, will be given.--- Saturday, May 28, 1791, was published, price Sixpence, number I. (to be continued weekly, till completed) of The history of France, from the earliest times, to the present important era. From the French of Velly, Villaret, Garnier, Mezeray, Daniel, and other eminent historians; with notes, critical and explanatory; By John Gifford, Esq. Conditions. I. Every number of this work to consist of three sheets of letter-press, elegantly printed in quarto, on a new type cast on purpose. II. Every other number to be ornamented either with an historical print, or a head of some distinguished personage; the likeness from the cabinets of the virtuosi; the designs wholly by Singleton; and the engravings by Jones. III. The work to be printed on a superfine demy paper. IV. The history to consist of one hundred numbers; or, should the progress of the late revolution be marked by new and interesting events, before the period of the conclusion of this work, to be then extended at the option of the author, so as to include every circumstance that may be essential to form a complete history of France. V. That a number be published regularly every week, without any interruption whatever.
Gifford, John, 1758-1818.Date: [1791]- Books
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An elegant and useful publication for the fair sex. Adapted for families and boarding schools. On Monday, July 2, 1798, will be published, In a convenient size for the pocket, fancifully done up in coloured paper, and embellished with, 1st, a Portrait of Mrs. Hannah More, beautifully engraved by an eminent artist; 2d, a superb Coloured Plate of the present Fashionable Dresses for the Ladies. Number I. (price 1s.) of the Ladies' Monthly Museum; or, polite repository of amusement and instruction: Being an assemblage of whatever can tend to please the Fancy, interest the Mind, or exalt the character of the British Fair. By a Society of Ladies. London: printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Messrs. Vernor and Hood, in the Poultry, and by every Bookseller in the three Kingdoms. - Communications addressed to the Editors, Post paid, will be thankfully received.
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Proposals for publishing by subscription one volume in octavo of plays and poems, by Miss Hannah Brand.
Brand, Hannah, -1821.Date: 1798]- Books
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The history of the French Revolution. Proposals for publishing by subscription, the history of Jacobinism; ... by Mr. Wm. Playfair, ...
Playfair, William, 1759-1823.Date: [1795]- Books
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This day is publish'd, beautifully printed in seven large volumes octavo, price two guineas, bound, gilt and lettered, with the dates of the years which each volume contains, the history and proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the present time. Containing, The most Remarkable Motions, Speeches, Debates, Orders and Resolutions. Together with all the Protests during that Period. and the Numbers Pro and Con upon each Division. with An Account of the Promotions of the several Peers, and the State of the Peerage in every Reign. Connected with the Transactions of the Commons, and History of the Times. and Illustrated with Historical Notes and Observations. Together with the Debates in the Parliament of Scotland relating to the Union. To each Volume are added proper Indexes.
Timberland, Ebenezer.Date: 1742- Books
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Dedicated by permission to His Majesty. Complete history of England from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688, by David Hume; from the revolution to the present time, by David Williams.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.Date: 1792]- Books
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Hume's History of England, with Portraits. On Saturday, May 2, will be Published, Price one shilling, (to be continued Weekly till the whole is completed) No I. Containing Six Sheets of Letter-Press, and a Head of the Author engraved by Collyer, of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. By David Hume, Esq; With the Author's last Corrections and Improvements. Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand; and sold by T. Longman, No. 39, Paternoster-Row. Conditions. I. The Work will make Eight Volumes in Octavo, handsomely printed on a large Letter and on a Medium Paper. II. Each Number will contain Five or more Sheets, so that the whole may not exceed Forty-Eight Numbers, at One Shilling each. III. In the course of the Work will be given a series of Portraits of the different Sovereigns of England from the Conquest to the Revolution, engraved from original Pictures by Hall, Sherwin, Heath, Collyer, &c. &c. and ornamented with new emblematical Designs by Stothard. IV. In the course of publication will be given an Account of the Life of the Author written by Himself, and a copious Index. V. Most of the Plates are already finished, and Specimens of the Print, Paper, and Engravings, may be seen at the Publisher's. - In order to form a complete History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Second, the Proprietors intend to publish, immediately after Mr. Hume's History is completed, in Weekly Numbers, Dr. Smollett's History from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second; and that the Paper, Print, and Portraits shall in every respect correspond with the above Work.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.Date: 1782]- Books
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Proposals for publishing on the first of January next, elegantly printed on superfine paper, with a new letter, and ornamented with cuts, adapted to the subject, a work, entituled, the New-Jerusalem Magazine; Or, A treasury of celestial, spiritual, and natural, knowledge. By a Society of Gentlemen, members of the New Church.
Society of Gentlemen, Members of the New Church.Date: 1789]- Books
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Asiatic annual register. Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, ... proposals for publishing, annually, a view of the history, politics, commerce and literature, of Hindustan; ...
Date: [1799]- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, Britannia elucidata: a political survey of Britain: Being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce, of this Island: Intended to shew, That we have not as yet approached near the Summit of Improvement; but that it will afford Employment to many Generations, before they push to their utmost Extent the Natural Advantages of Great Britain. By John Campbell, LL.D.
Campbell, John, 1708-1775.Date: 1755]- Books
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Nearly compleated, and to be publish'd by subscription by the Reverend Griffith Hughes rector of St. Lucy's in Barbados. The natural history of the island of Barbados, in eleven books;
Hughes, Griffith, 1706 or 1707-Date: 1747- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, a book entitled Nummorum antiquorum scriniis Bodeleianis reconditorum catalogus. Or, A catalogue of all the ancient coins in the cabinet of the Bodleian Library at Oxford. By Francis Wise B.D. fellow of Trinity College.
Wise, Francis, 1695-1767.Date: 1750?]- Books
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The right Hon. Edmund Burke. On Tuesday, August 1, 1797, will be published, no. Vii. price 1s. (being the first number of the second volume) of the Monthly visitor, and pocket companion; for July, 1797. By a Society of Gentlemen. A Portrait of Mr. Burke, from an original bust; With his Character by the late Right Hon. W. G. Hamilton, the reputed Author of the Letters of Junius, never before published, will appear in the present Number of the Monthly visitor. And, among a variety of interesting Papers, Sketches of the Republican Armies, communicated by a Friend in Germany;-a circumstantial and critical Account of the Monument just opened to Garrick, in Westminster Abbey; -an original Biography of Parker;-an Account of Colman's Heir at Law;-And a Review of the Novel of Azemia. London: Printed for the Proprietors: And sold by H. D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster Row; where (post paid) Correspondents are requested to direct their Communications.
Society of Gentlemen.Date: 1797]- Books
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The history of the parish and abbey of Hayles, in Gloucestershire. Proposed as a specimen of a New History of That County.
Rudder, Samuel, 1726-1801.Date: 1768- Books
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Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, Navigable Canal from London to Norwich and Lynn. By subscription, ready for the press, and speedily will be published, Price Five Shillings, half Bound, dedicated, by permission, to Thomas Bernay Brampston and John Bullock, Esqrs. Representatives for Essex; Sir John Rous, Bart. and Joshua Grigby, Esq. Representatives for Suffolk; Sir Edward Astley and Sir John Wodehouse, Barts. Representatives for Norfolk; a treatise addressed to the Nobility, Gentry, Land owners, Merchants, Traders, Farmers, and Manufacturers, of the Cities and Towns in those Counties, and also the City of London. Containing a full and particular account of the numerous advantages which will accrue to them, if a Navigable Canal was immediately cut from London through the interior parts of the above Counties to Norwich and Lynn. Pointing out The advantages which will accrue from such an undertaking, to the Kingdom in general, and to the Cities of London and Norwich, and Town of Lynn, in particular. As also to above sixty market and manufacturing Towns, and near seven hundred Villages, through and near which it is proposed to pass; which communication will always prevent a scarcity or monopoly of Corn or Coals in the London Market. Also, Shewing the amazing saving of land carriage, and the immense numbers of acres of land, now engrossed for growing of horse corn, only for horses employed in land carriage in these three Counties, which may be converted to other uses, as well as be the means of doubling, and in many places trebling, the value of land and produce, by a speedy, easy, and cheap conveyance to a market for consumption or exportation; and a certain and constant supply of oak timber for the royal navy, as 28,000 oak trees are proposed to be planted at proper distances, on the banks of the Canal. Including likewise, An estimate of the whole expence, and mode of raising the money necessary to carry it into execution, on the most easy, certain, and expeditious terms, and the extraordinary interest it will produce. As also a scheme for the repayment of the principal in a few years, and for rendering the shares of original Subscribers, a valuable and immense Freehold Income for ever. Illustrated with a Geographical whole sheet map of the passage which the proposed Canal is intended to take through the three Counties: As also with two views; the one of the Duke of Bridgewater's amazing Aquaduct over the River Irwell, in Lancashire, with his Grace's barges sailing thereon, forty feet above the river, and barges also passing under it, and on the river, at the same time: the other the view of the subterraneous passage of the great Staffordshire Canal above a mile under ground, at the great hill called Harecastle. The whole shewing the utility and importance of Inland Navigation. By an Essex Freeholder. At this present time, when the Princes of France, Poland, and Russia, are setting examples of this kind, for the promotion of commerce and agriculture, the Author flatters himself, the above work is not beneath the notice (if not of the Prince) at least of the present Prime Minister, the son of the immortal Chatham. Those Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, who wish to promote and encourage this useful, instructing, and entertaining Treatise, are requested to transmit their Names as soon as possible, to the Printers of the Norwich, Ipswich, and Chelmsford News-Papers; Mr. Debrett, Bookseller, Piccadilly, or to Mr. Anrdews, Printer and Bookseller, No. 10, Little-Eastcheap, London; as it is intended only to print such a number as to answer the expected demand. N. B. No Subscription Money is desired till the Book is ready to be delivered, which will be on the first of December next at farthest, at which time the Book will be Delivered and the Subscription called for. - The Subscribers Names will be printed, if permitted.
Phillips, John (Surveyor)Date: 1784?]- Books
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To the officers of the Royal Navy, merchants, ship-owners, officers of the customs, ... Just published, ... The spirit of marine law, or compendium of the statutes relating to the Admiralty; ... By John Irving Maxwell ...
Maxwell, John Irving.Date: [1800]- 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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In the press, and will be published in the month of January, 1800, price one shilling and sixpence on common paper, ... a new English spelling book; ...
Robinson, John, schoolmaster.Date: 1799]- Books
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The septuagint-version, printed at Rome in the year 1587, has been during eleven years past under collation with its manuscripts, ...
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, in two volumes, octavo, price twelve shillings in boards, Sermons upon various subjects, moral and religious. By the Rev. John Penn, L.L.B. of Beccles, Suffolk; vicar of Roughton, Norfolk; and formerly of Trinity-Hall, Cambridge. Conditions. The Work will be printed in Two large Octavo Volumes, in a good Type, and on fine Paper. No Money to be paid till the Delivery of the Books. The Names of the Subscribers will be printed. - Subscriptions received by Messrs, Robinsons, Paternoster-Row; Mr. J. Deighton, Holborn; and Mr. Miller, Old Bond-Street, London; Mr. Gedge, Bury; and by the Booksellers in Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich, and elsewhere. Also by the Author, at Beccles, Suffolk.
Penn, John, -1814.Date: 1792]- Books
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Proposals for publishing by subscription The man of the world, a comedy, in five acts; and, Love a la mode, a comedy, in two acts, written by Mr. Charles Macklin. Dedicated, with permission, to the right honourable earl camden. The Work to be printed under the Inspection of Arthur Murphy, Esq. Who has undertaken (in the present Exigence) to be Mr. Macklin's Editor. The Work will be elegantly printed in quarto, by John Bell, of the British Library, Strand, on a Superfine Paper, with a Portrait of Mr. Macklin, from an original Picture; and published in the course of the Winter; Price One Guinea. The List of the Subscribers to be printed. * Subscriptions to be received by Mr. Barlow, Treasurer to Covent-Garden Theatre; and at the following Bankers-Messrs. Coutts and Co. in the Strand; Messrs. Crofts and Devaynes, Pall-Mall; Messrs. Batsons, Stevenson, and Co. Lombard-Street; and by Mr. Longman, Bookseller, in Paternoster-Row.
Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797.Date: 1791]- Books
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Hogarth illustrated, from his own manuscripts. Proposals for publishing by subscription, (in the course of the present year,) a supplementary volume, to Hogarth illustrated; compiled from papers in the hand-writing of Mr. Hogarth, and in the possession of John Ireland, ...
Ireland, John, -1808.Date: 1796]- Books
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The septuagint-version, printed at Rome in the year 1587, has been during eleven years past under collation with its manuscripts, ...
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