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
15665 An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady. Astell , Mary
Abel Roper II and Elizabeth Wilkinson (London)
Robert Clavel (London)
1696
15668 An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady. The second edition. Astell , Mary
Abel Roper II and Elizabeth Wilkinson (London)
Robert Clavel (London)
1696 The second edition.
15666 An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a letter to a lady. Written by a lady. The third edition, with additions. Astell , Mary
Robert Clavel (London)
Abel Roper II (London)
1697 The third edition, with additions.
25884 An essay on Christ's fear of death: or, an Appeal to the Equity and Common Sense of Mankind, From the Judgment of the Independent Church at Nottingham. Unknown ,
James Roberts [Warwick Lane] (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1737
14415 An essay on coin. By Bryan Robinson, M.D. Robinson , Bryan
George and Alexander Ewing (Dublin)
1757
6983 An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting. Wherein the phlogistic and antiphlogistic hypotheses are proven erroneous. By Mrs. Fulhame. Fulhame , Elizabeth
1794
15108 An essay on crimes and punishments, translated from the Italian; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French. Beccaria , Cesare Bonesana di
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1785 The fourth edition.
22874 An essay on schism. With several discourses contrary to the Methodists-Doctrine. By Mary Hill, of Sarum. Hill , Mary
1745
4819 An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art Humbly addressed, In the First Part, To the Master, Husband, &c. In the Second Part, To the Wife, Friend, &c. With some General Instructions for Plaguing all your Acquaintance. Collier , Jane
Andrew Millar (London)
1753
4839 An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art. Humbly addressed, in the first part, to the master, husband, &c. in the second part, to the wife, friend, &c. With some general instructions for plaguing all your acquaintance. Collier , Jane
John Smith [Blind Quay] (Dublin)
Peter Wilson [Dame St, 1748–66] (Dublin)
Matthew Williamson [Dame Street] (Dublin)
John Exshaw I [Cork Hill] (Dublin)
1753
4830 An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art. Humbly addressed, In the First Part, To the Master, Husband, &c. In the Second Part, To the Wife, Friend, &c. With some general instructions for plaguing all your acquaintance. The second edition, corrected. Collier , Jane
Andrew Millar (London)
1757 The second edition, corrected.
14905 An Essay on The Character, The Manners, and The Understanding of Women, in Different Ages. Translated from the French of Mons. Thomas, By Mrs. Kindersley. With Two Original Essays. Thomas , Antoine-Léonard
James Dodsley (London)
1781
14923 An essay on the malignant, ulcerated sore throat; containing reflections on its causes and fatal effects in 1787. With a remarkable case, accompanied with large purple spots all over the body, a mortification of the leg, &c. &c. By William Rowley, M.D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c. &c. To which are added, animadversions on the present defects in treating the disorder, improved and successful methods of cure, and an account of a new species of temporary madness, &c. Rowley , William
Charles Nourse (London)
Thomas Hookham [Hanover Street] (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1788
5814 An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification. Edgeworth , Maria
Joseph Johnson (London)
1795
25858 An essay on the pride of authors. Unknown ,
James Knapton (London)
James Roberts [Warwick Lane] (London)
John Harrison (Cornhill)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1718
25850 An essay on the times. Christopher Henderson (London)
Mary Cooper [8 Paternoster Row] (London)
George Woodfall [Charing Cross] (London)
J. Langford (London)
1756
3604 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. Montagu , Elizabeth
James Dodsley (London)
Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
John Wilkie (London)
John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross] (London)
Baker and Leigh (London)
1769
3550 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The fifth edition, corrected. To which are added, three dialogues of the dead. By Mrs. Montagu. Montagu , Elizabeth
Charles Dilly (London)
1785 The fifth edition, corrected.
3551 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The fourth edition. To which are now first added, three dialogues of the dead. By Mrs. Montagu. Montagu , Elizabeth
Edward and Charles Dilly (London)
1777 The fourth edition.
3573 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The fourth edition. To which are now first added, three dialogues of the dead. By Mrs. Montagu. Montagu , Elizabeth
Edward and Charles Dilly (London)
1777 The fourth edition.
3603 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The second edition. Montagu , Elizabeth
Luke Hansard [Lincoln's Inn Fields] (London)
1770 The second edition.
3602 An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The third edition. Montagu , Elizabeth
Edward and Charles Dilly (London)
1772 The third edition.
6823 An essay to instruct women how to protect themselves in a state of pregnancy from the Disorders incident to that Period, or how to cure them. also, some observations on the treatment of children, which if attended to, may ward off dangerous diseases, and prevent future evils. By Mrs. Wright, Midwife. Wright , Mrs.
1798
25350 An essay to prove women have no souls. Compos'd of several arguments publish'd by S. Clarke, D. D. Rector of St. James's Westminster. Unknown ,
1715
13407 An essay towards a general history of feudal property in Great Britain, under the following heads, I. History of the introduction of the feudal system into Great-Britain. II. History of Tenures. III. History of the alienation of land property. IV. History of entails. V. History of the laws of succession or descent. VI. History of the forms of conveyance. VII. History of jurisdictions, an the forms of procedure in courts. VIII. History of the constitution of parliament. By John Dalrymple, Esq, The fourth edition. Dalrymple , John
Sarah Cotter (later Stringer) [Skinner Row] (Dublin)
1759 The fourth edition.