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
5491 Observations on Mrs. Siddons, in the following characters: Margaret of Anjou, Belvidera, Jane Shore, Lady Randolph, Isabella, Zara, Euphrasia, and Zara in the Mourning bride. By a lady. Unknown , [Woman]
 1784
26511 Observations on the conversion and apostleship of St. Paul. In a letter to Gilbert West, Esq; Lyttelton , George
 Robert Dodsley (London)
1747
14979 Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits, and Religious Opinions. Made during a Twelve Years’ Residence in Their Immediate Society. By Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali. In Two Volumes. Hasan Ali , Mrs. Meer
 Charles Parbury, Wililam Houghton Allen, and Co. (London)
1832
14987 Observations on the nature and properties of fixible air, and on the salutary effects of the aqua salubris, in preserving health, and preventing diseases. To which are added, Strictures on the Present Practice of Physic, Pointing out the Causes which greatly obstruct the Improvement of the Healing Art. Submitted to the attentive Consideration of the Public. By John Melvill, M. D. John-Street, Adelphi. Melvill , John
 1789
13866 Observations on the reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the revolution in France, in a letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Stanhope. Macaulay , Catharine
 Charles Dilly (London)
1790
25932 Observations on the report of the committee, appointed to consider of a proper place for building a mansion-house for the Lord Mayors of London. In a letter from a Common-Council-Man, to a member of that committee, containing exact calculations, of the expence in procuring a proper place to build it on, at Leaden-Hall and Stocks Market, whence it appears that the Latter, will be five Times more Expensive than the Former. Unknown , [Man]
 1736
26501 Observations on the state of bankrupts, under the present laws. In a letter to a member of Parliament. Unknown ,
Mary Cooper [The Globe] (London)
1760
26507 Observations on venereal complaints, and on the methods recommended for their cure. The Second Edition. Gataker , Thomas
 Robert and James Dodsley (London)
1755 The Second Edition.
25677 Observations upon the conduct of the clergy, in relation to the thirty nine articles. Wherein is shewed that the Church of England, properly so call'd, is not now existing. With an essay towards a real Protestant establishment. By Robert Seagrave. The second edition. Seagrave , Robert
 Richard Hett I (London)
John Oswald (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1738 The Second Edition.
25211 Observations upon the manifesto of His Catholick Majesty; with an answer to his reasons for not paying the ninety-five thousand pounds. In vindication of the honour of Great Britain. Unknown ,
Thomas Cooper (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
Anne Dodd II (London)
Robert Amey (London)
1739
25158 Observations upon the manifesto of His Catholick Majesty; with an answer to his reasons for not paying the ninety-five thousand pounds. In vindication of the honour of Great Britain. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
Anne Dodd I (London)
Anne Dodd II (London)
Robert Amey (London)
Thomas Cooper (London)
1739 The Second Edition.
25356 Observations upon the scheme lately published. Wherein such rules are laid down, as will easily reduce it to practice. By Sir John Colbatch, a member of the College of Physicians. Colbatch , John
 John Darby II (London)
1721
14915 Observations, Occasioned by the Attempts made in England to effect the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Shewing The Manner in which Negroes are treated in the British Colonies, in the West-Indies; and, also, Some particular Remarks on a Letter addressed to the Treasurer of the Society for effecting such Abolition, from the Rev. Mr. Robert Boucher Nicholls, Dean of Middleham. Gilbert , Francklyn
 1788
25653 Occasional remarks upon the Act for laying a duty upon the retalers of spirituous liquors, &c. and for licensing the retalers thereof. Unknown ,
Anne Dodd I (London)
Elizabeth Cooke [Cook] (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
1736
482 Ode on the Victory of Waterloo. By Elizabeth Cobbold. Cobbold , Elizabeth
 John Deck [Bury] (Bury)
William Keymer (Colchester)
1815
285 Ode, Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Belgrave, on his marriage with the right honourable Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, September 16, 1819. By Miss Porden. Porden , Eleanor Anne
 1819
25584 Of our subjection to death by the offence of Adam, and our reigning in life thro' the righteousness of Christ. A funeral sermon for Mrs. Elizabeth Ginn, late of Newington Butts, widow: who deceased June the eleventh, 1738, in the 60th Year of Her Age. Published with large additions by Sayer Rudd, M. D. Rudd , Sayer
 1738
26367 Of temptation, and the means to prevent its prevalence. A sermon Preached at Founders-Hall, in Lothbury, Octob. XX. 1715. By Samuel Rosewell, M. A. Published at the Request of the Society to which it was Preach'd. Rosewell , Samuel
 Margaret Lawrence (London)
1715
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

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