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ID	Title	Author	Firms (City)	Date	Edition
24448	A brief history of the voyage of Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers, to the island of Malta, Where the Apostle Paul suffer'd Shipwreck. And their Cruel Sufferings in the Inquisition there, for near Four Years; occasion'd by the Malice of the Monks and Friers against them, and their several Conferences with them: And how they came to be Deliver'd from thence and their safe Return Home to England. To which is added, a short relation from George Robinson, of the sufferings which befel him in his journey to Jerusalem: And how he was preserved from the Hands of Cruelty, when the Sentence of Death was passed against him.	Evans , Katharine Cheevers , Sarah Robinson , George	Jane Sowle (London)	1715
21989	A brief history of the voyage of Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers, to the island of Malta, where the apostle Paul suffer'd shipwreck. And their cruel sufferings in the Inquisition there, for near four years; occasion'd by the malice of the monks and friers against them, and their several conferences with them: and how they came to be deliver'd from thence, and their safe return home to England. To which is added, a short relation from George Robinson, of the sufferings which befel him in his journey to Jerusalem; and how he was preserved from the hands of cruelty, when the sentence of death was passed against him.	Evans , Katharine Cheevers , Sarah		1715
835	A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and in the Hebrides: To which is added, a description of part of the main land of Scotland, and of the isles of Mull, Ulva, Staffa, I-Columbkill, Tirii, Coll, Eigg, Skye, Raza, and Scalpa. By the Hon. Mrs. Murray, of Kensington. Vol. II.	Murray , Sarah		1803
13409	A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and the Hebrides. To which is added, a description of part of the main land of Scotland, and of the Isles of Mull, Ulva, Staffa, I-Columbkill, Tirii, Coll, Eigg, Skye, Raza, and Scalpa.. By the Hon. Mrs. Murray, of Kensington. Vol. II. The second edition.	Murray , Sarah		1805	The Second Edition.
292	A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, and the Hebrides, to the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and to the Curiosities in the District of Craven, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Also a Description of Part of Scotland, particularly of the Highlands, and of the Isles of Mull, Ulva, Staffa, I-Columbkill, Tirii, Coll, Eigg, Rume, Skye, Raza, and Scalpa. To which is now added, An account of the new roads in Scotland, and of a beautiful cavern lately discovered in the Isle of Skye. By the Hon. Mrs. Murray Aust, of Kensington. In two volumes.—Vol. I. The third edition.	Murray , Sarah		1810	The Third Edition.
7459	A companion, and useful guide to the beauties of Scotland, to the lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and to the curiosities in the district of Craven, in the West riding of Yorkshire. To which is added, a more particular description of Scotland, especially that part of it, called the highlands. By the Hon. Mrs. Murray, of Kensington.	Murray , Sarah		1799
24549	A compleat history of Cambridgeshire. Containing, 1. The geographical description of the county in alphabetical order. 2. The ecclesiastical history. 3. The civil history. 4. The natural history. 5. The literary history. 6. The antiquities. 7. A map of the county. 8. A table of the names of all the towns and villages, &c. with the value of the livings, the patrons, incumbents, and gentlemens seats: also a scheme of all the market-towns, &c. their distance from London, and from one another, &c. With a map of the great level of the fens.	Cox , Thomas		1730
15013	A complete course of geography, by means of instructive games, invented by the Abbé Gaultier. The third edition, corrected, improved, and divided into two parts. The first containing the game of simple geography, viz. That which teaches the names and situation of the different countries and places of the earth. The second containing a geographical game illustrative of ancient and modern history. To which is prefixed, a treatise, or short account, of the artificial sphere. Nota.-The following things are necessary for the first game, viz. I. A set of common maps, and another containing merely the outlines of kingdoms, provinces, course of rivers, situations of principal towns, islands, mountaints, &c. II. A set of counters, having the names of kingdoms, provinces, islands, seas, rivers, &c. marked on them; that the pupils may themselves explain and point out their situation on the plain map.	Gaultier , Aloisius Edouard Camille		1799
15148	A Description of Malvern, and It’s Concomitants; Including a Guide to the Drives, Rides, Walks and Excursions; with a Map of the Walks; a Panoramic Sketch of Objects from the Worcestershire Beacon, and Other Embellishments.	Southall , Mary	George Nicholson [Stourport] (Stourport-on-Severn)	1822
15149	A Description of Malvern, Including a Guide to the Drives, Rides, Walks and Excursions: with a Map of the Walks; a Panoramic Sketch of Objects from the Worcestershire Beacon, and Other Embellishments. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged.	Southall , Mary	George Nicholson [Stourport] (Stourport-on-Severn)	1825	Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged.
817	A Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel, in Padua. By Mrs Calcott	Graham , Maria		1835
14542	A Description of the Part of Devonshire Bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; Its Natural History, Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Scenery, Antiquities, Biography of Eminent Persons, &c. &c. In a Series of Letters to Robert Southey, Esq. By Mrs. Bray, Author of 'Travels in Normandy,' 'Fitz of Fitz-Ford,' 'The Talba,' 'De Foix,' etc. In Three Volumes.	Bray , Anna Eliza	John Murray II [Albemarle] (London)	1836
14964	A Description of the Town and Neighbourhood of Chepstow. Compiled from an Abridgment of Mr. Coxe’s Historical Tour in Monmouthshire.	Coxe , Emilia Henrietta Coxe , William	Samuel Baldwyn Rogers (Chepstow)	1806
22402	A description of the Windward Passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also an account of the trade winds, and of the variable winds and currents on the coasts thereabouts, at different seasons of the year. Illustrated with a chart of the coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller islands, shoals, rocks, and other remarkable things in the course of the navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, ... To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies. ... To which is now annexed, a very remarkable letter, ... By the late John Cowley, geographer to His Majesty. The fourth edition with additions.	Cowley , John		1745	The fourth edition with additions.
25274	A description of the windward passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also An account of the Trade-Winds, and of the variable Winds and Currents on the Coasts thereabouts, at different Seasons of the Year. Illustrated with a chart of the Coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller Islands, Shoals, Rocks, and other remarkable Things in the Course of the Navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, The Precariousness of those Voyages to the West-India Merchants, and the Impossibility of their Homeward-Bound Ships keeping clear of the Spanish Guarda Costa's The Whole very necessary for the Information of such as never were in those Parts of the World. To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies.	Cowley , John		1739
25408	A description of the windward passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also An account of the Trade-Winds, and of the variable Winds and Currents on the Coasts thereabouts, at different Seasons of the Year. Illustrated with a chart of the Coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller Islands, Shoals, Rocks, and other remarkable Things in the Course of the Navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, The Precariousness of those Voyages to the West-India Merchants, and the Impossibility of their Homeward-Bound Ships keeping clear of the Spanish Guarda Costa's The Whole very necessary for the Information of such as never were in those Parts of the World. To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies. Note, at the End of this Treatise is a General Index of the names, with a Description of the Situations of all the Islands, &c. which are contained in the annexed Chart, distinguished by numerical References to each other. Likewise an Alphabetical Catalogue of the same Names alone, with the like numerical References, the Uses of which are mention'd at the End of the Whole.	Cowley , John		1739
25638	A description of the windward passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also An account of the Trade-Winds, and of the variable Winds and Currents on the Coasts thereabouts, at different Seasons of the Year. Illustrated with a chart of the Coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller Islands, Shoals, Rocks, and other remarkable Things in the Course of the Navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, The Precariousness of those Voyages to the West-India Merchants, and the Impossibility of their Homeward-Bound Ships keeping clear of the Spanish Guarda Costa's The Whole very necessary for the Information of such as never were in those Parts of the World. To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies. Note, at the End of this Treatise is a General Index of the names, with a Description of the Situations of all the Islands, &c. which are contained in the annexed Chart, distinguished by numerical References to each other. Likewise an Alphabetical Catalogue of the same Names alone, with the like numerical References, the Uses of which are mention'd at the End of the Whole.	Cowley , John		1739
860	A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights, a seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. By Mrs. Hofland.	Hofland , Thomas Christopher Hofland , Barbara		1819
6795	A dialogue between a lady and her pupils, describing a journey through England and Wales; in which a detail of the different arts and manufactures of each city and town is accurately given; Interspersed with Observations and Descriptions in Natural History. Designed for young ladies and schools. By Mrs. Brook.	Brook , Mrs		1796
14916	A dialogue between a lady and her pupils, describing a journey through England and Wales; in which a detail of the different arts and manufactures of each city and town is accurately given; Interspersed with Observations and Descriptions in Natural History. Designed for young ladies and schools. By Mrs. Brook.	Brook , Mrs	Henry Delahoy Symonds [Paternoster Row] (London)	1802
14927	A dialogue between a lady and her pupils, describing a journey through England and Wales; with a detail of arts and manufactures of each city and town, and descriptions of natural history. Designed for schools in General. By Mrs. Brooke. Third edition, considerably englared. Together with an introductory account of England, and of the metropolis of the British Empire. By the Rev. John Evans, A.M. Master of a seminary for a limited number of pupils, Pullin's-Row, Islington; and author of a sketch of the denominations of the Christian world, sequel, &c.	Brook , Mrs Evans , John	Sherwood, Neely, and Jones (London)	1812	Third edition.
24823	A Dictionary of the Malay Tongue, as Spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca, the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang, &c. &c. In Two Parts, English and Malay, and Malay and English. Part the First. To Which is Prefixed a Grammar of that Language. Embellished with a Map. By John Howison, M.D.	Howison , James Bowrey , Thomas	John Sewell [Cornhill] (Cornhill) John Debrett [179 Piccadilly] (London) John Murray and Samuel Highley (London) Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London) Alexander and James Black and Parry (London) Samuel Kent Rousseau (London)	1801
20335	A family tour through the British Empire; containing some accounts of its natural and artificial curiosities, history and antiquities, interspersed with biographical anecdotes. Particularly adapted to the amusement and instruction of youth. By Priscilla Wakefield.	Wakefield , Priscilla	Johnson & Warner (Philadelphia)	1804
24816	A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as Spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca, the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang, &c. &c. Compiled from Bowrey's Dictionary, and Other Authentic Documents, Manuscript and Printed. Embellished with a Map.	Howison , James Bowrey , Thomas	John Sewell [Cornhill] (Cornhill) John Debrett [179 Piccadilly] (London) John Murray and Samuel Highley (London) Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London) Alexander and James Black and Parry (London) Samuel Kent Rousseau (London)	1800
15095	A Journal of a Tour in Italy.	Murray , Ann Elizabeth Cholmley		1836

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