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ID	Title	Author	Firms (City)	Date	Edition
25746	Of the original and ends of government : the indispensable duty of magistrates, and power of princes, distinguishing them from tyrants. Together with A Short View of the several Forms of Government, and different Administrations in the Old Testament. To which are added, Some remarkable Instances of God's Severity towards the rebellious Kings of Israel and Judah. AS Also An Account of the Last Resort in Matters of Controversy. And a brief vindication of the rights and liberties of the people.	Unknown ,	Abigail (Ann) Baldwin [Warwick Lane] (London) Thomas Harrison (London) Anne Dodd I (London)	1713
2442	Old City Manners. A Comedy. Altered from the Original Eastward Hoe, written by Ben Jonson, Chapman, and Marston. By Mrs. Lennox. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane.	Lennox , Charlotte	Thomas Becket [Strand] (London)	1775
11505	Old John's Tale; or Half an Hour's Amusement to the Not Too Difficult to Please. An Irregular Poem, By a Lady. Cheerfully Dedicated to the Good-natured.	Unknown , [Woman]	E. Bisby and M. Simpson (Doncaster)	1819
25855	Old stories, which were the fore-runners of the revolution in eighty-eight, reviv'd, viz. I. A dialogue between F. Peters, and Dr. Busby. II. The Hollanders story of the penal laws and test. III. William Penn holding forth among the Quakers. IV. Several stories about the birth of the pretender. V. Queries about the invitation. VI. The French were to re-establish popery here. VII. The bishops feign'd service to King James. VIII. The Scotch woman's coming to St. Margarets Westminster. IX. K. James his sending the broad seal to the French King. X. The queen's sending away the crown jewels. XI. The Londoners loyalty. XII. The story of Captain Tom. XIII. That of St. Mary Magdalen's. XIV. Of the Marquess of Albevile, and Lord Sunderland. XV. Queen Dowager's great colour XVI. About the Lord Sunderland turning papist. XVII. That of the Banquetting House. XVIII. That of cauldrons, grid irons, knives, &c. XIX. That the P. of O. had muster'd 20000 men at Exeter. XX. Another of the Lord Lovelace XXI. That the King had sent the Lord Dartmouth with our fleet to France. XXII. That 40000 French and Irish were coming to England. XXIII. That Admiral Herbert has taken three millions of mon... of the French King. XXIV. That Queen Mary did give the Princess Ann a box on th[e] ear, which caus'd her to miscarry. With 500 more stories of the like tendency. To which is added in a post script. The truest account that ever was yet, publish'd of the pretended lrish Massacre, which went through England and Scotland in one night. With a discovery of the manager of that and another intrigue, never before made publick. The Second Edition.	Unknown ,		1720	The Second Edition.
13616	On Jacobinism, by William Fox.	Fox , William		1794
5423	On Monday, February, 1st 1796. will be published, number I, (Price only Six-Pence,) to be continued once a fortnight without any interruption whatever, till the whole is compleated, of the letters of Lady Rachel Russell; from the manuscript in the library at Wooburn Abbey. To which is prefixed, an introduction, vindicating the character of Lord Russell against Sir John Dalrymple, &c. To which is added. The trial of Lord William Russell for high treason. Conditions of the publication of this elegant work. I. The whole of this work shall be printed on a superfine wove paper and on a new type, cast by thorne. II. That three sheets of letterpress shall be delivered in each number once a fort-night. III. This work shall be completed in fourteen numbers making one handsome volume in demy octavo. IV. That in the course of this work will be given four beautiful and splendid engravings, to illustrate this elegant work. V. To accomodate the admirers of beautiful printing, a superior edition will be worked off on a superfine wirewove vellum paper, of the finest texture, highly glazed and hot-pressed. VI. This edition will be additionally ornamented with the first impressions of the plates, worked off in the manner of proofs, and will be affixed the additional charge of only sixpence each number.	Russell , Rachel		1796
13716	On the connexion of the physical sciences	Somerville , Mary	John Murray II [Albemarle] (London)	1834
12824	On the connexion of the physical sciences. By Mary Somerville. Second edition.	Somerville , Mary	John Murray II [Albemarle] (London)	1835	Second edition.
13662	On the connexion of the physical sciences. By Mary Somerville. Third edition.	Somerville , Mary	John Murray II [Albemarle] (London)	1836	Third edition.
7684	On the efficacy of the grace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. By Susanna Waring, afterwards Susanna Boone.	Boone , Susanna		1790
805	On the Principles of the Christian Religion, Addressed to her Daughter; and, On Theology	Hutchinson , Lucy	Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)	1817
25201	Or a Compendious Treatise of the Diseases of the Skin, from the Slightest Itching Humour in Particular Parts Only, to the Most Inveterate Itch, Stubborn Scabbiness, and Confirmed Leprosy. Plainly Describing Their Symptoms, Nature, Dependance on Each Other, Original Cause, and Dismal Consequence to the Patients and Their Posterity, If Neglected Or Mismanaged. Also the Dangerous Effects of Quicksilver Girdles, Ointments, Washes, and Other Pernicious Mercurial-medicines. Discovering the True and Only Certain Method of Curing Those Distempers with Safety, Ease, and Expedition, and Without the Use of Dabbing Ointments, Brimstone, Or Other Nauseous and Ill-smelling Remedies, Confinement of the Patient, Disorder of the Body, Or Knowledge of the Nearest Friend. The Whole Illustrated with Several Extraordinary Cases, and Very Remarkable Cures Performed by the Author, Necessary to be Read by All Persons, But More Especially Those who are Unhappily Troubled with the Itch, Or Any Other Cutaneous Distempers. By T.S. The seventh edition, with additions.	Spooner , Thomas		1732	The seventh edition, with additions.
22452	Oraison du coeur et de la foi.	Guyon , Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte	s.n. [sine nomine]	1770
24952	Oratory transactions. No II. To be occasionally publish'd, by J. Henley, M.A. Containing, I. A compleat list of the theological subjects of the Oratory, Sermons and Lectures, &c. from July 3, 1726, to August 30, 1728. II. A compleat catalogue of the academical subjects of the Oratory, in the same Period; presenting Compositions of the utmost Choice and Variety in Divinity, and polite Learning; and under polite Learning; and under the latter Head, Humorous and Burlesque, as well as Serious, all done without the least Assistance, or particular Patron. These two dedicated to those who are unprejudic'd against the Oratory. III. A Dissertation on Nonsense, (address'd to those who do not like it;) discussing its Philology, History, Philosophy, and great Use in all Articles and Characters of Life; the Kingdom of Nonsense, Temporal, Spiritual, Civil, and Military; its Refinement, and ablest Professors; the Mischief and most real Nonsense of Sense, with the Secret of mastering it, and some prominent Example. IV. The discourse on action in the pulpit, 2d Edition. The Third Edition. The Oratorian Word, Liberty and Property, free [Unclear] and Plenty, Truth and Primitive Religion, Encore, spent of Wit and Sciences; no Grievances, no Impositions.	Henley , John	Anne Dodd I (London) Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London) Mary Turner (London) Thomas Green [Charing Cross] (London) Jane Graves (London)	1729
1621	Oriental Anecdotes: Or, the History of Haroun Alrachid. In Two Volumes.	Falques , Marianne-Agnès	James Potts (Dublin) James Williams [5 Skinner Row] (Dublin) Peter Wilson [Dame St, 1748–66] (Dublin) Alexander McCulloh [Henry Street] (Dublin)	1764
212	Original Letters from India; containing a narrative of a journey through Egypt, and the author's imprisonment at Calicut by Hyder Ally. To which is added an abstract of three subsequent voyages to India. By Mrs. Fay.	Fay , Eliza		1817
6344	Original letters to and from Miss Blandy and C- C-. In which is contain'd the artful evasions he used to prevent his clearing his character to her father, and the whole history of that parricide. These are the letters supposed to be burnt, and which she gave to her intimate friend a few days before her execution, particularly desiring, if she had any love for her, to publish them immediately after her death, as they were his own letters, and faithful of those she sent to him.	Blandy , Mary	Sam Johnson (London)	1752
9691	Original Poems	Elfe , Anne	Barrett (Bath) Mark Willett (Chepstow) Tudor and Farror (Monmouth) John Cheese Watkins (Abergavenny) Evan Lewis (Newport) John Bird (Cardiff) James Roberts (Gloucester) S. Davis (Hereford) William Sheppard (Bristol)	1809
24858	Original Poems and Imitations. By A. Williams.	Williams , Ann		1773
6428	Original poems on several occasions. By Miss Whateley.	Darwall , Mary Whateley	Robert and James Dodsley (London)	1764
1249	Original Poems, and A Play	Nooth , Charlotte	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)	1815
125	Original Poems, and Translations, Particularly Ambra, from Lorenzo de'Medici. Chiefly by Susanna Watts.	Watts , Susanna	Francis and Charles Rivington (London)	1802
3863	Original poems, on various occasions. By a lady. Revised by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple.	Cowper , Frances Maria	Robert Faulder (London) John Deighton [325 High Holborn] (London) James Mathews [Matthews] (London)	1792
9739	Original Poems, on Various Occasions. By a Lady. Revised by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple. Second Edition.	Cowper , Frances Maria	Robert Faulder (London) John Deighton [Cambridge, 1784–1786; 1796–?] (Cambridge) Elizabeth Mathews and Samuel Leigh (London)	1807	Second Edition.
12318	Original Poems, on Various Subjects. By Miss M. Bowen.	Bowen , Melesina	Benjamin Crosby and Co. (London) John Cheese Watkins (Abergavenny) Samuel Baldwyn Rogers (Chepstow) Barry, Brown, and Sheppard (Bristol)	1808

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