Some Books of the 18thC
Thomas BEWICK : A General History of Quadrupeds (1790 Newcastle : Octavo)
A History of British Birds (1797 & 1804 Newcastle : Octavo)
- 2 vols
THE BIBLE (Vinegar Bible)
(1716 & 1717 J Baskett, london. Folio)
- 2 vols
THE BIBLE (Folio)
(1763 J Baskerville, Birmingham)
Sir William BLACKSTONE : Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9 Oxford : Quarto)
- 4 vols
Robert BURNS : Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786 Kilmarnock)
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Caius Julius CAESAR : Opera (1712 London : Folio)
William CASLON & SON : A Specimen of Printing Types (1734 London)
- single sheet
Edward Hyde CLARENDON (1st Earl)
: The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
(1702-4 London : 1st Edition Folio)
Capt James COOK : The Three Voyages (1773, 1777 & 1784 London. Quarto & Folio)
- 9 vols
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Daniel DEFOE : The Life & Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and The Serious Reflections
of Robinson Crusoe (1719-20 London. Octavo)
- 3 vols
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Henry FIELDING : Tom Jones (1749 London : Duodecimo)
- 6 vols
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Oliver GOLDSMITH : History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1744 London : Octavo)
- 8 vols
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766 Salisbury : Duodecimo)
- 2 vols
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HORACE : Opera (1733-7 London : octavo)
- 2 vols. Engraved by John Pine
John HOWARD : The State of the Prisons in England & Wales
(1777-84 Warrington : Octavo)
- 2 vols, incl appendix
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Samuel JOHNSON : London - A Poem (1738 London : Folio)
A Dictionary of the English Language (1755 London : Quarto)
- 2 vols
Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets
(1779-81 London : Octavo)
- 10 vols
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Henry MACKENZIE : The Man of Feeling (1771 London : Duodecimo)
John MILTON : Paradise Lost (1688 London : 4th Ed. Folio)
Thomas MORE : Utopia (1743 Foulis Press, Glasgow : Octavo)
- Trans by Gilbert Burnet
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Isaac NEWTON : Philosophiae Naturalis Principa Mathematica (1713 Cambridge : 2nd Ed Quarto)
(1729 London : 1st English Edition. Octavo)
- 2 vols
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Joseph PRIESTLEY : The History and Present State of Electricity (1767 London : Quarto)
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Samuel RICHARDSON : Pamela or Virtue Rewarded (1741-2 London : Duodecimo)
- 4 vols
Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady (1748 London : Duodecimo)
- 7 vols
The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1754 London : Octavo)
- 7 vols
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William SHAKESPEARE : Collected Works (1743-4 Oxford : Quarto)
- 6 vols
Laurence STERNE : The Life & Opinions of Tristam Shandy (1760-7 York & London : Octavo)
- 9 vols
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VIRGIL : Bucolia, Georgica et Aeneis (1757 J Baskerville, Birmingham : Quarto)
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Gilbert WHITE : The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne (1789 London : Quarto)
William WORDSWORTH & Samuel COLERIDGE : Lyrical Ballads
(1798 Biggs & Cottle, Bristol. 1st Ed, 1st Issue : Octavo)
- 2 vols
(1798 J & A Arch, London : 1st Ed 2nd Issue)
READING
John Feather : The Provincial Book Trade in 18thC England (1985 Cambridge)