Displaying 426–450 of 18329

ID Title Contributors Firms Year Edition
22866 A description of Bath. A poem. Humbly Inscribed to her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. Chandler , Mary (Author)
James Leake I (Bookseller)
John Gray (Bookseller)
1734 1
22113 A description of Bedlam. With an account of its present inhabitants, both male and female. Shewing the causes of their confinement, their different Humours, and Intervals of Mirth and Melancholy. Taken from their own Mouths, and publish'd for Universal Instruction and Entertainment. To which is subjoin'd, an essay upon the nature, causes and cure of madness. By the author of the Tale of the bee and spider. Unknown , (Author)
Thomas Payne [Pall Mall] (Publisher)
1722
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 (Author)
George Nicholson [Stourport] (Publisher)
Longman, Hurst & Co. (Bookseller)
1822 1
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 (Author)
George Nicholson [Stourport] (Publisher)
1825 2
5580 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the character of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the mind to the love of virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. The third edition. Montagu , Barbara (Author)
Scott , Sarah (Author)
John Newbery (Publisher)
1767 3
5583 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. Scott , Sarah (Author)
Montagu , Barbara (Author)
John Newbery (Publisher)
1762 1
5581 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the mind to the love of virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. Montagu , Barbara (Author)
Scott , Sarah (Author)
Peter Wilson [6 Dame Street] (Publisher)
1763
5585 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. The second edition corrected. Montagu , Barbara (Author)
Scott , Sarah (Author)
John Newbery (Publisher)
1764 2
5579 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. The second edition. Montagu , Barbara (Author)
Scott , Sarah (Author)
Peter Wilson [6 Dame Street] (Publisher)
1764
5577 A description of Millenium Hall, and the county adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the mind to the love of virtue. By a gentleman on his travels. The fourth edition. Montagu , Barbara (Author)
Scott , Sarah (Author)
Thomas Carnan and Francis Newbery (Publisher)
1778 4
6629 A description of the Castle-hllls, near Northallerton, a poem. Written in the year 1746. By Miss Crosfield. To which is added, The hermit, a poem. By Dr. Beattie. Crosfield , Anne (Author)
Beattie , James (Author)
s.n. [sine nomine] (Publisher)
1777 1
817 A Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell'Arena; or, Giotto's Chapel, in Padua. By Mrs Calcott Graham , Maria (Author)
Thomas Brettell (Printer)
1835 1
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 (Author)
John Murray II [Albemarle] (Publisher)
William Clowes [Stamford Street] (Printer)
1836 1
26271 A Description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; with A Short Account of the Present Establishment of Officers, Pensioners, Out-Pensioners, Nurses, and Boys. With a list of the Directors. Published by the Chaplains. Brooke , Elizabeth (Printer)
Cooke , John (Author)
Maule , John (Author)
Elizabeth Brooke (Printer)
1800
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 (Author)
Coxe , William (Author)
Samuel Baldwyn Rogers (Publisher)
Samuel Baldwyn Rogers (Bookseller)
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 (Author)
Nutt , Elizabeth (Printer)
Cooke , Elizabeth (Printer)
and 4 more.
John Applebee (Printer)
Charles Corbett (Printer)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (Printer)
and 7 more.
1745 4
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 (Author)
Dodd I , Anne (Bookseller)
Dodd II , Anne (Bookseller)
and 6 more.
John Applebee (Bookseller)
Charles Corbett (Bookseller)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (Bookseller)
and 9 more.
1739 2
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 (Author)
Nutt , Elizabeth (Printer)
Cooke , Elizabeth (Printer)
and 6 more.
John Applebee (Printer)
Charles Corbett (Printer)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (Printer)
and 9 more.
1739 1
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 (Author)
Nutt , Elizabeth (Bookseller)
Cooke , Elizabeth (Bookseller)
and 6 more.
John Applebee (Bookseller)
Charles Corbett (Bookseller)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (Bookseller)
and 9 more.
1739 1
12059 A Description of Three Hundred Animals, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, with a Particular Account of the Manner of their Catching Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best Authors, and adapted to the use of all capacities. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon is curiously engraven every beast, bird, fish, serpent, and insect, described in the whole book. A new edition, carefully corrected and amended. Boreman , Thomas (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] (Publisher)
Robert Baldwin I (Publisher)
Bedwell Law [13 Ave Maria Lane, 1767-1790, 1794-1795] (Publisher)
and 3 more.
1786
12058 A Description of Three Hundred Animals, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, with a Particular Account of the Manner of their Catching Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors, and adapted to the use of all Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-plates, whereon it is curiously engraven every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent, and Insect, described in the whole book. A New Edition, carefully corrected and amended. Boreman , Thomas (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] (Publisher)
George, George, John and James Robinson (Publisher)
Robert Baldwin I (Publisher)
and 3 more.
1786 12
12060 A Description of Three Hundred Animals, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, with a Particular Account of the Manner of their Catching Whales in Greenland. Illustrated with copper-plates. New edition. Boreman , Thomas (Author)
Newbery , Elizabeth (Publisher)
John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] (Publisher)
James Scatcherd and J. Whitaker (Publisher)
Robert Baldwin I (Publisher)
and 6 more.
1791
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 (Author)
Hofland , Barbara (Author)
Rawle , L. (Illustrator)
and 3 more.
William Wilson [Greville Street] (Printer)
1819
5523 A descriptive plan of the new opera house, with the Names of the Subscribers to each Box taken from the Theatre itself by A Lady of Fashion. Unknown , [Woman] (Author)
Thomas Becket [82 Pall Mall] (Publisher)
1791
20839 A Dialogue between a father and his son George about the cannibals in India. Lydia R. Bailey (Printer)
1816