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1. The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.
Creator:
King, Daniel, -1664?
Date:
1656
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 55 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, coats of arms ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The union of honovr : containing the armes, matches and issves of the kings, dukes, marquesses and earles of England from the conquest, untill this present yeere, 1640 : with the armes of the English viscounts and barons now being : and of the gentry of Lincolnshire : whereunto is annexed, a briefe of all the battels which have beene fought and maintained by the English since the conquest, till the yeere 1602 / collected out of the most approved authours, former or moderne, by James Yorke, black-Smith.

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Creator:
Yorke, James, fl. 1640
Date:
1640
Physical Description:
16, 331, 52, 76 p. : coats of arms ; 31 cm. (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A short treatise of hunting / compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, knight, 1591 ; presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne.

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Creator:
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
[8], iv, [32] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the northern seas and lands situate that way, and lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described / by Richard Hakluyt ...

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Date:
1598 [-1600]
Physical Description:
3 v., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : map. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

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Creator:
Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Date:
1698
Physical Description:
[22], 243, [1], [32], 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. With the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.

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Creator:
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
Date:
MDCXCIX [1699]
Physical Description:
[8], 248, 40 p., [2] double plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies, by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French : wherein are contained more especially, the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero, who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama &c. / written originally in Dutch, by John Esquemeling, one of the Bucaniers, who was present at those tragedies ; and then translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-maison, Doctor of Physick and practitioner at Amsterdam ; now faithfully rendered into English.

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Creator:
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Date:
1684-1685
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illlustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A nevv book of architecture : wherein is represented fourty figures of gates and arches triumphant, composed of different inventions according to the five orders of columnes, viz. the Tuscane, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite / by Alexander Francine ... ; with a description of each figure ; set forth by Robert Pricke, for the use and benefit of all ingenious workmen that are concerned in eminent building.

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Creator:
Francine, Alexandre, -1648
Date:
1669
Physical Description:
[4] pages, XXXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The true travels, adventvres, and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Affrica, and America, from anno Domini 1593 to 1629 : his accidents and sea-fights in the Straights, his service and strategems of warre in Hungaria, Transilvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia ... : together with a continuation of his Generall history of Virginia, Summer-Iles, New England, and their proceedings, since 1624, to this present 1629, as also of the new plantations of the great river of the Amazons, the iles of St. Christopher, Mevis, and Barbados in the West Indies / all written by actuall authors, whose names you shall finde along the history.

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Creator:
Smith, John, 1580–1631
Date:
1630
Physical Description:
[12], 60 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts