Octavo

Name Octavo
Abbreviation 8vo
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Each sheet is folded to make eight leaves and sixteen pages. 

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
4452 The art of cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds anything of the kind yet published. Containing, I. How to Roast and Boil to perfection every Thing necessary to be sent up to Table. II. Of Made-Dishes. III. How expensive a French Cook's Sauce is. IV. To make a Number of pretty little Dishes for a Supper or Side-Dish, and Littlecorner-Dishes for a great Table V. To dress Fish. VI. Of Soops and Broths. Vii. Of Puddings. Viii. Of Pies. IX. For a Lent Dinner; a Number of good Dishes, which you may make use of at any other Time. X. Directions to prepare proper Food for the Sick. XI. For Captains of Ships; how to make all useful Things for a Voyage; and setting out a Table on board a Ship. XII. Of Hogs Puddings, Sausages, &c. XIII. To pot and make Hams, &c. XIV. Of Pickling. XV. Of making Cakes, &c. XVI. Of Cheesecakes, Creams, Jellies, Whip-Syllabubs, &c. XVII. Of made Wines, Brewing, French Bread, Muffins, &c. XVIII. Jarring Cherries and Preserves, &c. XIX. Tomake Anchovies, Vermicella, Catchup, Vinegar, and to keep Artichokes, French Beans, &c. XX. Of Distilling. XXI. How to Market; the Seasons of the Year for Butchers Meat, Poultry, Fish, Herbs, Roots, and Fruit. XXII. A certain Cure for the Bite of a Mad-Dog. By Dr. Mead. XXIII. A Receipt to keep clear from Buggs. To which are added, by way of appendix, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, and a copious index. By a lady. The eighth edition. Glasse , Hannah
 Andrew Millar (London)
Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson II (London)
Thomas Caslon (London)
Bedwell Law [Ave Maria Lane, unspecified number] (London)
Archibald Hamilton I (London)
1763 The eighth edition.
4441 The art of cookery, made plain and easy; Which far excels any Thing of the Kind yet published. Containing, I. A List of the various Kinds of Meat, Poultry, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, in Season, in every Month of the Year. II. Directions for Marketing. III. How to Roast and Boil to Perfection. IV. Sauces for all plain Dishes. V. Made Dishes. VI. To dress Poultry, Game, &c. Vii. How expensive a French Cook's Sauce is. Viii. To make a Number of pretty little Dishes for Suppers, or Side or Corner Dishes. IX. To dress Turtle, Mock-Turtle, &c. X. To dress Fish. XI. Sauces for Fish. XII. Of Soups and Broths. XIII. Of Puddings and Pies. XIV. For a Lent Dinner; a Number of good Dishes, which may be made use of at any other Time. XV. Directions for the Sick. XVI. For Captains of Ships; how to make all useful Dishes for a Voyage; and setting out a Table on board. XVII. Of Hog's Puddings, Sausages, &c. XVIII. To pot, make Hams, &c. XIX. Of Pickling. XX. Of making Cakes, &c. XXI. Of Cheesecakes, Creams, Jellies, Whipt Sullabubs. XXII. Of Made Wines, Brewing, Baking, French Bread, Muffins, Cheese, &c. XXIII. Jarring Cherries, Preserves, &c. XXIV. To make Anchovies, Vermicelli, Catchup, Vinegar, and to keep Artichokes, French Beans, &c. XXV. Of Distilling. XXVI. Directions for Carving. XXVII. Useful and valuable Family Receipts. XXVIII. Receipts for Perfumery, &c. In which are included, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, not inserted in any former edition. With a copious index. By Mrs. Glasse. A new edition, with all the modern improvements: And also the order of a bill of fare for each month; the dishes arranged on the table in the most fashionable style. Glasse , Hannah
 George, George, and John Robinson (London)
Joseph Johnson (London)
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Birchin Lane] (London)
William Lane [Leadenhall Street] (London)
Henry Gardner (London)
John Debrett [179 Piccadilly] (London)
Bedwell Law [13 Ave Maria Lane, 1767-1790, 1794-1795] (London)
William Richardson [Cornhill] (Cornhill)
James Scatcherd (London)
Benjamin Crosby (London)
Thomas Payne II (London)
James Nunn (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
Thomas Norton Longman III (London)
Francis and Charles Rivington (London)
William Clarke and Son (London)
George and Thomas Wilkie (London)
John Sewell [Cornhill] (Cornhill)
William Lowndes [76 Fleet Street] (London)
William Fox (London)
David Ogilvy and J. Speare (London)
William Nicoll Jr. (London)
James Barker [Drury Lane] (London)
1796 A new edition, with all the modern improvements
1627 The art of cookery, or The compleat-housewife: in a method entirely new, and suited to every capacity: Containing cookery, pastry, confectionary ...: to which is added, The house-keeper's director, in three parts. viz.: I. The cyder-maker instructed; II. The wine-maker improved; III. The beer-brewer compleated: with a bill of fare for the year ... by Mrs. Alice Smith, many years employed in several noble families. Smith , Alice
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1758
24988 The art of governing. Shewing, I. The several sorts of governments at this time establish'd in Europe; from which is taken the best Kind of Government for a Free People, as that of England, &c. II. Of the abuse of government, by publick ministers, in respect to liberty, &c. on the Maxim in Law, The King can do no Wrong; with the Character of a Modern Statesman, and the great Lord Bacon's Advice to a Courtier. III. Of freedom and slavery, as to Government; manifesting, that by the extraordinary Use, or the Non-Use of National Laws, and general Corruptions, they may be much the same Thing. IV. Of the Parliament of England, and the Frequency of British Parliaments; proving the latter not only the Fundamental Right of this Nation, but that Liberty is grounded upon, and cannot Subsist without it. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
Thomas Warner (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1722 The Second Edition.
25640 The art of governing. Shewing, I. The several sorts of governments at this time establish'd in Europe; from which is taken the best Kind of Government for a Free People, as that of England, &c. II. Of the abuse of governments, by publick ministers, in respect to liberty, &c. on the Maxim in Law, The King can do no Wrong; with the Character of a Modern Statesman, and the great Lord Bacon's Advice to a Courtier. III. Of freedom and slavery, as to Government; manifesting, that by the extraordinary Use, or the Non-Use of National Laws, and general Corruptions, they may be much the same Thing. IV. Of the Parliament of England, and the Frequency of British Parliaments; proving the latter not only the Fundamental Right of this Nation, but that Liberty is grounded upon, and cannot Subsist without it. Unknown ,
Thomas Warner (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1722
5377 The art of happiness; or, an attempt to prove that a great degree of it is not difficult to attain. By a lady. Unknown , [Woman]
 John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
1784
23134 The art of japanning, Varnishing, Pollishing, and Gilding. Being a collection of very plain directions and receipts. Written for the Use of those who have a mind to follow those diverting and useful Amusements, and Published at the Request of several Ladies of Distinction. By Mrs. Artlove. Artlove , Mrs.
 Thomas Warner (London)
1730
23800 The art of management; or, tragedy expell'd. By Mrs. Charlotte Charke. Charke , Charlotte
 1735
6248 The art of measuring, made easy by the help of a new sliding-rule, which performs the same, at one operation, ... By Mary Corson, of Wolverhampton. ... Corson , Mary
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1774
12331 The Art of War; a Poem, in Six Books; by Frederick III. King of Prussia: Translated, and dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of York, by Miss Hamilton, author of "Sonnets, Tour to Matlock, and Other Poems." Hohenzollern , Frederick III
 Joseph Mawman [Ludgate] (London)
1826
22798 The artifice. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's company of comedians. By Mrs. Cent-Livre. Centlivre , Susanna
 Thomas Payne [Paine] (London)
1723
24985 The artless muse: being six poetical essays on various subjects. By a person in obscure life. Viz. I. A poem to the memory of John Milton, the British Homer: Occasioned by a Letter, some Time since published, in behalf of his daughter, Mrs. Clark, who then subsisted on the Labour of her poor Son, a Weaver in Spittle-Field: Lamenting, the Ingratitude of his Country to the Manes of that incomparable Bard; and celebrating the Royal Bounty of her Present Majesty, and several of the Nobility and Gentry to that unfortunate Gentlewoman. II. Damon's dispair, a Soliloquy. III. Stephen Duck's Translation from the Threshing floor to the Court. IV. Alexis's Farewel. V. On the mutability of sublunary Things, and their Insufficiency to Happiness. VI. The abandon'd shepherd, a Pastoral Tale. Unknown ,
Daniel Farmer (London)
Jacob Robinson [Strand] (London)
Henry Whitridge [Royal Exchange] (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1737
12410 The Assize Ball: Or, Lucy of the Moor. Offley , Mrs.
 John Hatchard [190 Piccadilly] (London)
Francis Westley (London)
J. Criswick (Dorchester)
1820
12411 The Assize Ball: Or, Lucy of the Moor. Third edition. Offley , Mrs.
 1820 Third Edition.
11298 The Associate Minstrels. Taylor , Jane
Conder , Joan Elizabeth
 Thomas Conder [Bucklersbury] (London)
1810
2490 The author and bookseller. A dramatic piece, humbly dedicated to the public, With proposals for printing by subscription, Justice and reason, faithful guides to truth. A treatise under thirty-seven heads. By Charlotte Mc.Carthy McCarthy , Charlotte
 1765
25960 The authority, jurisdiction and method of keeping County-Courts, Courts-Leet, and Courts-Baron. Explaining the judicial and ministerial authority of sheriffs. Also, the office and duty of a coroner. By William Greenwood, gent. The eighth edition, very much enlarged, by adding the form and method of holding a Court of Survey, new Law Cases, precedents of Presentments and Surrenders, Declarations, Pleadings; with a Table of the Fees, &c. rendring it more useful to Under-Sherriffs, County-Clerks, Solicitors, Court-Keepers, &c. Greenwood , William
 Daniel Browne I (London)
John Walthoe II (Cornhill)
William Taylor (London)
Robert Gosling (London)
John Osborne I [Lombard St] (London)
1722 The eighth edition, very much enlarged, by adding the form and method of holding a Court of Survey, new Law Cases, precedents of Presentments and Surrenders, Declarations, Pleadings; with a Table of t
14210 The ax laid to the root of popery: or, A strong preservative against the Romish missionaries, who are extraordinarily busy, promising themselves numerous conversions among the ignorant; occasion'd by the schisms, impiety and atheism, so deplorably growing among us. With plain and easy reflections upon the articles of faith of the Church of Rome, sufficient to render the creed of Pope Pius IV. incredible. de Daillon , Jacques
 Sarah Hyde (Dublin)
1744
26110 The axe (once more) laid to the root of the tree. Published for the universal benefit of mankind. And dedicated to the land-holders of the British dominions. By a friend to truth and the Christian religion. Unknown ,
1743
4146 The bad bargain; or, The world set up to sale. More , Hannah
 1797
4305 The bad bargain; or, The world set up to sale. More , Hannah
 1797
4308 The bad bargain; or, The world set up to sale. More , Hannah
 1797
5318 The baroness of Beaumont. A novel. By a lady. A narrative founded on observation. The Object of it is a perfect Acquiescence in the Will of the great Disposer of Events: Whilst it shews Virtue in different Characters, it will, it is hoped, not be found destitute of Amusement and Originality. ... Unknown , [Woman]
 1792
5384 The Baroness of Beaumont. A novel. By a lady. A narrative founded on observation. The second edition. Unknown , [Woman]
 1793 The second edition.
5816 The barring out. A tale. By Maria Edgeworth. Edgeworth , Maria
 Joseph Johnson (London)
1800

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