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Brotherton Collection27
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English Literature8
Incunabula4

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world history200
manners and customs15
world politics15
natural history15
social history15
chronology, historical13
geography10
history, ancient9
historical geography6
atlases6

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Great Britain4
Europe4
Islamic Empire2
Middle East2
Mexico1
Peru1
Frisii1
America1
Byzantine Empire1

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Lambert, Claude-Francois (1705-1765)15
Holm, Edvard (1833-1915)8
Ranke, Leopold Von (1795-1886)8
Voltaire (1694-1778)8
Weilbach, Philip (1834-1900)8
Weilbach, Philip8
Cantu, Cesare (1804-1895)8
Holm, Edvard8
Gueudeville, Nicolas6
Gueudeville, Nicolas (1654-1721)6

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An introduction to the history of the kingdoms and states of Asia, Africa and America : both ancient and modern, according to the method of Samuel Puffendorf, counsellor of state to the late King of Sweden

Crull, J (1713); Pufendorf, Samuel Freiherr von (1632-1694)

1705

Authorship from Landis. ESTC has statement: "Sometimes attributed to Jodocus Crull." A continuation of Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf's work: Einleitung zu der Historie der vornehmsten Reiche und Sta...

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An easy and compendious introduction for reading all sorts of histories : contrived, in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published

Prideaux, Mathias (1622-1646?); Prideaux, John (1578-1650)

1655

In three parts, the last two having special t.p. The "Synopsis of councels" has special t.p. dated 1654. Edited by John Prideaux.

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An easy and compendious introduction for reading all sorts of histories : contrived in a more facile way than heretofore hath been published

Prideaux, Mathias (1622-1646?); Prideaux, John (1578-1650); Prideaux, John (1578-1650)

1672

Numerous errors in paging. "Of political history in general" has special t.p. with imprint dated 1669. "Of the history of successions" has special t.p. with imprint dated 1670. "A synopsis of co...

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Cosmographie, in four books : containing the chorographie and historie of the whole world, and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and isles thereof

Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)

1666

Added engraved t.p. reads: Cosmographie, in foure books... The 3d. edition. London : Printed for Philip Chetwind, 1665.

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Cosmography in four books : containing the chorography and historie of the whole world, and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and isles thereof

Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)

1682

Errata: pt. 3, p. 228. "A table" [i.e. index]: p. [1]-[39] at end. Enlarged from the author's Mikrokosmos, first published at Oxford, 1621.

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