History

Name History
Description

A composition, memoir, or anecdote, or record of a place, event, or individual. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page.

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
25697 The history of the rise and growth of schism in Europe, to the great scandal of the Christian religion: exemplified in the lives of some false prophets, Teachers and Preachers amongst the Dissenters, Viz. Papists, Anabaptists, Quakers, Brownists, Muggletonians, French Prophets, Deists, Blasphemers, Presbyterians, Independants, &c. To which are added, the lives and tryals of several blasphemers of late, before the Lord Chief Justice at the Old-Baily, with Observations on the Three Grand Impostors. The Tenets of the late Mohocks, who they were; and the Alamode Religion of a Covent-Garden Libertine, just Converted from Atheism: Occasionally Written upon the Glorious Design of the British Parliament's Suppression of Schism. Burridge , Richard
 John Morphew (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1714
25778 The history of the Sheriffdom of the city of London and county of Middlesex. Containing the original method of electing Sheriffs for the said city and county; an Account of the several Alterations that have happen'd in such Elections; in whom the Right of Choice has resided, and by whom the Elections have been managed, from the first granting of the Charter to the Citizens to choose Sheriffs from among themselves, in the Reign of Henry the First, and Third King from the Conquest, to the present Time, Polls and Scrutinies, when sirs began, and how, and by whom to be managed. With faithful Relation of the Case of Mr. Papillon and Mr. Dubois, in the Reign of King Charles II. Upon which follow'd the seizing of the City Charter into that Prince's Hands. The Whole Extracted from Historians, Charters, and Acts of Common-Council. To which is added the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice concerning the power of the Lord Maior in these elections, as deliver'd by him in his Charge to the Jury, in the famous Trial between Sir William Pritchard and Mr. Papillon. And the several acts of Common-Council since made, to settle that Magistrate's [illegible] Elections. Unknown ,
1723
25447 The history of the siege of Damascus, by the Saracens, in the year 633. As it is related by Abu Abdo'llah Mohammed Ebn Omar Alwákidi, the Arabian historian. Very useful for the readers and spectators of the tragedy of the Siege of Damascus, Written by Mr. John Hughes. al-Wāqidī , Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar
 1720
20885 The History of William Black, the chimney sweeper. Unknown ,
Philadelphia Female Tract Society [Walnut Street] (Philadelphia)
1817
19507 The history of William Selwyn. By Miss Sandham, author of The twin sisters, and other works for young people. Sandham , Elizabeth
 William B. Gilley [92 Broadway] (New York City)
1816
17268 The Knapsack. A Tale. By Maria Edgeworth. Edgeworth , Maria
 Edmund Munroe and David Francis [128 Washington] (Boston)
1832
2463 The ladies history of England; from the descent of Julius Cæsar, to the summer of 1780. Calculated for the use of the ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland; and likewise adapted to general use, entertainment, and instruction. By Charlotte Cowley. Cowley , Charlotte
 1780
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
16089 The Life, Travels, Voyages, and Daring Engagements, of the Celebrated Paul Jones. To Which is Added, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Mary Lacy; Giving an Account of her Leaving her Parents Disguised as a Man; Serving Four Years at Sea, and Seven Years Apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dock-Yard. Jones , John Paul
Slade , Mary
 Evert Duyckinck [102 Pearl Street] (New York City)
1809
24986 The london-Citizen exceedingly injured: or a British inquisition display'd, in an account of the unparallel'd case of a citizen of London, bookseller to the late Queen, who was in a most unjust and arbitrary Manner sent on the 23d of March last, 1738, by one Robert Wightman, a mere Stranger, to a private madhouse Containing, I. An Account of the said Citizen's barbarous Treatment in Wright's Private Madhouse on Bethnal-Green for nine Weeks and six Days, and of his rational and patient Behaviour, whilst Chained, Handcuffed, Strait-Wastecoated and Imprisoned in the said Madhouse: Where he probably would have been continued, or died under his Confinement, if he had not most Providentially made his Escape: In which he was taken up by the Constable and Watchmen, being suspected to be a Felon, but was unchain'd and set at liberty by Sir John Barnard the then Lord Mayor. II. As also an Account of the illegal Steps, false Calumnies, wicked Contrivances, bold and desperate Designs of the said Wightman, in order to escape Justice for his Crimes, with some Account of his engaging Dr. Monro and others as his Accomplices. The Whole humbly addressed to the Legislature, as plainly shewing the absolute Necessity of regulating Private Madhouses in a more effectual manner than at present. Cruden , Alexander
 Thomas Cooper (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
Anne Dodd II (London)
1739
25783 The memoirs and history of Prince Titi. Done from the French, by a person of quality. de Saint-Hyacinthe , Thémiseul
 Anne Dodd I (London)
1736
15045 The new Oxford guide: or, companion through the University. Exhibiting every particular worthy the observation of the curious in each of the Public Buildings, Colleges, Halls, &c. To which is added, a tour to Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow, the seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The late Earl of Litchfield, The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, The Right Hon. Earl Harcourt, And the Right Hon. the Marquis of Buckingham. Containing, an accurate description of their tapestry, paintings, sculptures, temples, gardens, and other curiosities. By a gentleman of Oxford. Embellished with a New Plan of Oxford, and other elegant Engravings. Unknown , [Man]
 James Fletcher [Oxford] (Oxford)
William Jackson (Oxford)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
1787 The seventh edition, corrected and enlarged.
23332 The Noble Slaves: Or, The Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies, who were shipwreck'd and cast upon a desolate island near the East-Indies, in the year 1710. The manner of their living there: the surprizing discoveries they made, and strange deliverance thence. How in their return to Europe they were taken by two Algerine pirates near the straits of Gibraltar. Of the slavery they endured in Barbary; and of their meeting there with several persons of quality, who were likewise slaves. Of their escaping thence, and safe arrival in their respective countries, Venice, Sapin, and France, in the year 1718. With many extraordinary accidents that befel some of them afterwards. Being a history full of most remarkable events. By Mrs. Aubin. Aubin , Penelope
 John Dempsy (Dublin)
1736
24077 The Noble Slaves: or, The Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies, who were shipwreck'd and cast upon a desolate island near the East-Indies, in the year 1710. The manner of their living there: the surprizing discoveries they made, and strange deliverance thence. How in their return to Europe they were taken by two Algerine pirates near the Straits of Gibraltar. Of the slavery they endured in Barbary; and of their meeting there with several persons of quality, who were likewise slaves. Of their escaping thence, and safe arrival in their respective countries, Venice, Spain, and France, in the year 1718. With many extraordinary accidents that befel some of them afterwards. Being a history full of most remarkable events. By Mrs. Aubin. Aubin , Penelope
 Elizabeth Bell (Cornhill)
John Darby II (London)
Arthur Bettesworth (London)
Francis Fayram (London)
John Pemberton (London)
John Hooke (London)
Charles Rivington I (London)
Francis Clay (London)
Jeremiah Battley [or Batley] (London)
Edward Symon (London)
1722
23102 The Noble Slaves: Or, The Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies, who were shipwreck'd and cast upon a desolate Island near the East-Indies, in the year, 1710. The manner of their living there: the surprizing discoveries they made, and strange deliverance thence. How in their return to Europe they were taken by two algerine pirates near the straits of Gibraltar. Of the slavery they endured in Barbary; and of their meeting there with several persons of quality, who were likewise slaves. Of their escaping thence and safe arrival in their respective countries, Venice, Spain, and France, in the year 1718. With many extraordinary accidents that befel some of them afterwards. Being a history full of most remarkable events. By Mrs. Aubin. Aubin , Penelope
 James Dalton [Patrick Street] (Dublin)
1736
16368 The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality. Aubin , Penelope
 1797
16369 The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality. Aubin , Penelope
 1798
16370 The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality. Aubin , Penelope
 1800
16371 The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality. Aubin , Penelope
 Evert Duyckinck [Water Street] (New York City)
1806
16372 The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality. Aubin , Penelope
 Evert Duyckinck [102 Pearl Street] (New York City)
1814
25974 The occasional historian, upon and in defence of English hereditary right. By Mr. Earbery. Numb. IV. The Second Edition. Earbery , Matthias
 1732 The Second Edition.
25990 The occasional historian. Numb. IV. Being an historical essay upon, and in defence of English hereditary right. Dedicated to both the universities. By Mr. Earbery. Earbery , Matthias
 1732
2310 The queen of Denmark's account of the late revolution in Denmark; written while Her Majesty was a prisoner in the Castle of Cronenburgh; and now first published from the original manuscript, sent to a noble Earl. Wittelsbach , Mathilde Caroline
 John Wheble [Paternoster Row] (London)
1772
25800 The remembrancer: being a daily chronicle and yearly journal of the remarkable occurrences in Great Britain, and even throughout Europe, from William the Conqueror to the present year 1735. Including not only the Births, Marriages, Coronations, and Deaths of the Sovereign Princes; But the most considerable Battles and Sieges during the late Wars; with the several Alliances and other Treaties betwixt this and foreign Nations; And all the Grand Conspiracies, Rebellions, Massacres, Executions, Plagues, Fires, &c. that have happen'd during the seven last Centuries. Unknown ,
Joseph Fisher (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
John Stagg (London)
John Jolliffe (London)
1735
14560 The Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, to the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late principal of the university of Paris, now professor of eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of inscriptions and belles lettres. Translated from the French. Rollin , Charles
 George Risk [at Shakespeare's Head] (Dublin)
George and Alexander Ewing (Dublin)
William Smith II [Dame Street] (Dublin)
1740

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