Octavo

Name Octavo
Abbreviation 8vo
Description

Each sheet is folded to make eight leaves and sixteen pages. 

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
25345 The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt, born near Exeter, in Devonshire, in the year 1707. Containing, I. His entering himself Trumpeter on board the Revenge Privateer, Capt. James Wimble, May 29, 1741. II. An Account of their Cruize; and of his being taken Prisoner by the Spaniards; with his wonderful Deliverance from Death. III. The Manner of his escaping from the Spaniards, with Capt. Robert Winter and five others. IV. How they were drove by contrary Winds on the Coast of Barbary; where they were taken Prisoners by the Moors, and the Hardships they endur'd among the Insidels. With the Manner of his Deliverance, and his Arrival safe in England after various Vicissitudes of Fortune. Written by himself. Adorn'd with copper plates Wyatt , James
 1750
33 The Life of a Lover. In a Series of Letters. By Sophia Lee. In Six Volumes. Lee , Sophia
 George and John Robinson (London)
1804
25832 The life of Adam. Translated from Gio Francisco Loridano. To which is subjoyn'd, An essay towards an analysis of the human mind. Being, An Enquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Good and Evil, and the Nature, Rise, and Progress of the Passions, Habits, and Affections of the Human Soul. By Richard Murray, A. M. & J. U. B. Loredano , Giovanni Francesco
 Thomas Osborne II (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
Elizabeth Cooke [Cook] (London)
Mary Cooper [8 Paternoster Row] (London)
Charles Corbett (London)
Anne Dodd II (London)
George Woodfall [Charing Cross] (London)
John Jackson (London)
Henry Chapelle [Chappelle] (London)
Elizabeth Amey (London)
1748
390 The Life of Carlo, the Famous Dog of Drury-Lane Theatre Fenwick , Eliza
 1804
25870 The life of Catherine Hayes. Giving a true and perfect account of her parantage, ... the pretended reasons and motives that induc'd her with Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings to murder her husband; ... To which is added, the lives of Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings. ... Unknown ,
1726
23778 The life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English lady; taken from her own memoirs. Giving an account how she was trepann'd by her step-mother to Virginia, how the Ship was taken by some Madagascar Pirates, and retaken by a Spanish Man of War: Of her Marriage in the Spanish West-Indies, and Adventures whilst she resided there, with her Return to England: And the History of several Gentlemen and Ladies whom she met withal in her Travels; some of whom had been Slaves in Barbary, and others cast on Shore by Shipwreck on the barbarous Coasts up the Great River Oroonoko; with their Escape thence, and safe Return to France and Spain. Aubin , Penelope
 1739
6927 The life of Jacob. In ten books. By M. Peddle. Peddle , Mrs. M
 1785
2646 The life of Jane de St. Remy de Valois, heretofore Countess de la Motte. Containing, a circumstantial and exact detail of the many extraordinary events which have attended this unfortunate Lady from her birth, and contributed to raise her to the dignity of confidant and favorite of the Queen of France. Some farther particulars relative to the mysterious transaction of the diamond necklace. Her trial, condemnation, and imprisonment in the Salpetriere; her almost miraculous escape from thence: with many curious and interesting particulars of her journey through several provinces of France, under different disguises. Also, an address to the National Assembly, supplicating a new trial. Written by herself. In two volumes. de Valois-Saint-Rémy , Jeanne
 John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
1791
5055 The life of Lady Guion, written by herself in French, now abridged, and translated into English, Exhibiting her eminent Piety, Charity, Meekness, Fortitude and Stability; her Labours, Travels, Sufferings and Services, for the Conversion of souls to God; and her great Success, in some Places, in that best of all employments on the earth. To which are added, remarkable accounts of the lives of worthy persons, whose memories are dear to Lady Guion. Guyon , Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte
 1772
2136 The life of Lamenther: A True History. Written by Herself. In Five Parts. Containing a just Account of the many Misfortunes she underwent, occasioned by the ill Treatment of an unnatural Father. Wall , Anne
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1771
23725 The life of Madam De Villesache. Written by a Lady, who was an Eye-Witness of the greatest part of her Adventures, and faithfully Translated from her French Manuscript. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Haywood , Eliza
 William Feales (London)
1727
25312 The life of Martin Bellamy; with an account of all the several street robberies, burglaries, forgeries, and other crimes by him committed. Also the method practised by himself, and his companions, in the perpetration thereof. Necessary to be perus'd by all Persons, in order to prevent their being Robb'd for the future. Dictated by himself in Newgate, and Publish'd at his Request, for the Benefit of the Publick. Bellamy , Martin
 1728
3640 The life of Mrs. Gooch. Written by herself. Dedicated to the public. In three volumes. Gooch , Elizabeth Sarah Villa-Real
 1792
4445 The life of Mrs. Robertson, (a tale of truth as well as of sorrow) who, though a grand-daughter of Charles II. has been reduced, by a Variety of Very Uncommon Events, From splendid Affluence to the greatest poverty. And, After Having Buried Nine Children, is Obliged, At the age of Sixty-Seven, To earn a scanty Maintenance for herself and two Orphan Grand-Children, By teaching Embroidery, Filligree, and the Art of making Artificial Flowers. Robertson , Hannah
 1791
4435 The life of Mrs. Robertson, grand-daughter of Charles II. Written by herself. A Tale of Truth as Well as of Sorrow. Robertson , Hannah
 1792
15038 The life of Petrarch. Collected from Memoires pour la vie de Petrarch, by Mrs. Dobson. In two volumes. The fourth edition, embellished with eight copper-plates, designed by Kirk, and engraved by Ridley. Sade , Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de
 Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
John Cuthell [4-5 Middle Row] (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
John Walker II [20 Paternoster Row] (London)
William Otridge and Son (London)
James Nunn (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
1799 The Fourth Edition.
15723 The Life of Richard Turpin, a Notorious Highwayman. Containing a Particular Account of His Adventures, From His Being First an Apprentice to a Butcher in Whitechapel, to His Execution at York for Horse-Stealing. To Which is Added, the Life of Sawney Beane, the Man-Eater. A new edition, with additions. Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Houndsditch] (London)
1800 A new edition, with additions.
14989 The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. Hawkins , John
 James Buckland [57 Paternoster] (London)
John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] (London)
Thomas Payne and Son (London)
Lockyer Davis [Gray's Inn Gate] (London)
Benjamin White and Son (London)
Thomas Longman II (London)
Bedwell Law [13 Ave Maria Lane, 1767-1790, 1794-1795] (London)
James Dodsley (London)
Henry Baldwin [Fleet Street] (London)
James Robson (London)
Joseph Johnson (London)
Charles Dilly (London)
Thomas Vernor [Birchin Lane] (London)
William Nicol (London)
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
Thomas Carnan (London)
J. Nichols [Unknown] (London)
John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
Robert Baldwin I (London)
Nathaniel Conant [Fleet Street] (London)
William Goldsmith [Paternoster Row] (London)
Robert Faulder (London)
William Lowndes [76 Fleet Street] (London)
Thomas Evans [32 Paternoster Row] (London)
William Bent [34 Paternoster] (London)
Samuel Hayes (London)
George and Thomas Wilkie (London)
Thomas and John Egerton (London)
William Fox (London)
Benjamin Collins (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1787
25436 The life of Sir Robert Cochran, prime minister to K. James III. of Scotland. Unknown ,
1735
25177 The life of Sir Robt. Cochran, prime-minister to King James III. of Scotland. Unknown ,
1734
25444 The life of Sir Robt. Cochran, prime-minister to King James III. of Scotland. The Second Edition, with several Amendments. Unknown ,
1734 The Second Edition, with several Amendments.
25985 The life of Sr. Isaac Newton. de Fontenelle , Bernard Le Bovier
 Robert Walker [Temple Bar] (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
1729
5602 The life of the Count Cagliostro; containing An authentic Relation of the uncommon Incidents that befel him during his Residence in England in the Years 1776 and 1777. His Arrival in France; his Commitment to the Bastile-His Trial, Acquittal, and Banishment. His Return to England in 1786; particular Anecdotes of him till 1787: and, lastly, a Detail of the Circumstances which occassioned his Departure for Switzerland. Dedicated to Madame la comtesse de cagliostro. Unknown ,
1787
25826 The life of the most Reverend Dr Cranmer, Some Time Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan; One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council in the Reign of Henry Viii. Chairman of the Committee for Compiling the English Liturgy, and Martyr in the Reign of Queen Mary. The Whole including various remarkable Events in the History of the Reformation. Unknown ,
1751
22943 The Life of the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Dr. Henry Compton Late Lord Bishop of London. Salmon , Nathaniel
 Abigail (Ann) Baldwin [Warwick Lane] (London)
1715

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