Tahitians kneeling before Captain James Wilson after the cession of the district of Matavai in Tahiti. Stipple engraving with etching by F. Bartolozzi after R. Smirke.

Date

1 January 1803

A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries [chiefly by W. Wilson]. And illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists : with a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands, and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite / by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directory of the Missionary Society ; published for the benefit of the Society.

Date

1799

A Missionary voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries and illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite; by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society. Published for the benefit of the society.

Date

1799

A missionary voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and missionaries; and Illustrated with Maps, Charts, and Uiews, Drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent Artists. With a Preliminary Discourse on the Geography and History of the South Sea Islands; and an Appendix, Including Details Never Before Published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite; by a Committee Appointed for the Purpose by the Directors of the Missionary Society. Published for the Benefit of the Society.

Date

1799

On the advantages of turning in certain cases of narrow pelvis / by James Wilson, M.D.

Date

[1848]

The genuine tryal of Capt. John Porteous, before the High Criminal Court, or the Lords of Justiciary, in Scotland; for firing his own piece, and ordering the men under his command to fire amongst the spectators, at the Execution of Andrew Wilson, in the Grass-Market of Edinburgh, the 14th of April, 1736. By which six Persons were kill'd, viz. Charles Husband, Archibald Ballantyne, John Anderson, Alexander Macneil, Margaret Gordon, and Henry Graham: And eleven Persons dangerously wounded, viz. Margaret Arthur, Jane Peat, David Wallace, James Philp, David Kidd, Patrick Spalding, James Lyle, Alexander Wallace, John Miller, David Ogilvie, and James Nivan. Containing 1. The Libel or Indictment of his Majesty's Solicitor-General against Porteous. 2. Interlocutor, or Judgment of the said Lords on the 6th July, 1736, upon it. 3. The Names of the Assize or Petit-Jury. 4. The Prisoner's judicial Confession. 5. The Information for his Majesty's Advocate, for his Highness's Interest, against Captain Porteous, on July 12th, 1736. 6. The Information of the Council, or Advocates for the said Captain Porteous, on the 13th July, 1736. N. B. These contain the curious and learned Pleadings of Council of both sides, according to the Civil, Municipal, and Common Law of all Nations in such Cases. 7. The particular Depositions and Examinations of twenty six Witnesses, adduc'd upon the 19th of July 1736, by his Majesty's Advocate or Attorney General, for proving the Libel. 8. The Depositions and Examinations of the sixteen Witnesses adduc'd by the Council for the Prisoner. 9. Verdict return'd by the aforesaid Jury, the 20th July, 1736. 10. The Sentence pronounc'd by the Lords upon the Jury's returning this Verdict. 11. The Petition of Captain Porteous presented to her Majesty Queen Caroline, Guardian of these Realms, for Mercy. 12. A full and true Account of the Mob's executing him the 7th of September, 1736. More Authentick than any yet publish'd.

Date

M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]

Ship's cook and steward's guide, containing hints for management, and two hundred and fifty receipts / by James B. Wilson.

Date

1910

An essay on the autumnal dysentery, with an introduction and notes, containing occasional remarks on Dr. Zimmerman, &c. on the same subject / [Andrew Wilson].

Date

1777

An historical and geographical account of Algiers; containing a circumstantial and interesting detail of events relative to the American captives, taken from their own testimony. By James Wilson Stephens, of Philadelphia.

Date

1800. (Copy right secured)

Mathematical tracts of the late Benjamin Robins, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society, and Engineer General to the Honourable the East India Company. In two volumes. ... . Containing his New Principles of Gunnery, with several subsequent Discourses on the same Subject, the greatest Part never before printed. Published by James Wilson, M.D.

Date

MDCCLXI. [1761]

The practice of the water-cure : with authenticated evidence of its efficacy and safety : containing a detailed account of the various processes used in the water treatment, a sketch of the history and progress of the water cure, well authenticated cases of cure, etc. / by James Wilson and James Manby Gully.

Date

[1846]

Supplement to the trial of William Burke & Helen M'Dougal : containing the whole legal proceedings against William Hare, in order to bring him to trial for the murder of James Wilson, or Daft Jamie. With an appendix of curious and interesting information, regarding the late West-Port murders. Illustrated by a lithographic print of Mrs Hare and her child, as they appeared in the witness box / [William Burke].

Date

1829

An essay on the autumnal dysentery. By Andrew Wilson, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and Physician to the Medical Asylum, London. The second edition, with an introduction and notes, containing occasional remarks on Dr. Zimmerman, &c. on the same subject.

Date

[1777]

Apostolic church government displayed; and the government and system of the Methodist Episcopal Church investigated. To which is added, an appendix, containing a concise dissertation on the nature and duration of the apostolic personal authority and office. By James Wilson Pastor of the Beneficent Congregational Church in Providence. [One line from I Thessalonians]

Date

1798

Wilson's Dublin directory : containing an alphabetical list of the names, occupations, and places of abode, (numbered) of the merchants and traders of the city of Dublin ... being a proper supplement to the Gentleman's and citizen's almanack, and suitable to be bound with it.

The practice of medicine on Thomsonian principles : containing a treatise on animal life, cause and effect, with the names given to diseases and symptoms described : including prescriptions for practice, selected from different authors, also a description of the vegetables made use of, with directions for preparing / by William Wilson.

Date

1855

Wilson, 1634 : a new almanacke and prognostication for the yeere of our redemption 1634, being the second after leape yeere : wherein is contained many things concerning the state of the yeer, amongst the rest, the time of the rising of the moone, a thing not heretofore published in the same kind, very necessary for all sorts of men : faithfully supputated for the meridian and inclination of London ... but indifferently serving most of the northernerne and souththerne parts of England / Galfrido Wilsono.

Date

[1634]

Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the King's Courts at Westminster. By George Wilson, Esq. Serjeant at Law. In three volumes. ... . Containing Cases in the Court of King's Bench, &c. beginning in Hilary Term in the 16th Year of the Reign of King George the Second, and ending in Hilary Term in the 26th of the same Reign.

Date

1799

A pocket vocabulary in six languages, viz. English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish; containing such words, terms, and questions, as are most generally in use, particularly in military service. To which are Annexed, Accurate Tables of the Coins of most European Nations and States. The whole arranged By Capt. James Willson, of the Marines; And Translated by several eminent Teachers of Languages.

Date

1794

Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America from the earliest period to the present time / by Patrick Fraser Tytler ; with descriptive sketches of the natural history of the North American regions. By James Wilson. To which is added an appendix. Containing remarks on a late memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a vindication of Richard Hakluyt ; illustrated by a map and nine engravings by Jackson.

Date

1832

The boy of Bilson: or, A true discouery of the late notorious impostures of certaine Romish priests in their pretended exorcisme, or expulsion of the Diuell out of a young boy, named William Perry, sonne of Thomas Perry of Bilson, in the county of Stafford, yeoman : Vpon which occasion, hereunto is premitted a briefe theologicall discourse, by way of caution, for the more easie discerning of such Romish spirits; and iudging of their false pretences, both in this and the like practices.

Date

1622

A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces, purchased at different Times. The sixth edition. Corrected and enlarged, with an engraving of the busto of Aventinus. By James Kennedy.

Date

[1774]

A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities at the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces purchased at different Times. A new edition: with an engraving of the busto of Apollonius Tyanæus. By James Kennedy.

Date

M.DCC.LXIV. [1764]

A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities at the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces purchased at different Times. A new edition with an engraving of the busto of Apollonius Tyanæus. By James Kennedy.

Date

MDCCLXIX. [1769]

A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities at the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces, purchased at different Times. The fifth edition. Corrected and enlarged with an engraving of an alto relievo of Phyrrus, King of Epirus. By James Kennedy.

Date

[1771]