Celebrated trials and remarkable cases of criminal jurisprudence from the earliest records to the year 1825.

On verso of each t.p.: London, Shackell and Arrowsmith; at end of v.1: Printed by W. Lewis; at end of v.2: Shackell and Arrowsmith; at end of v.3: J. and C. Adlard, printers; at end of v.4, and at foot of p.576; v.6: D. Sidney & Co., printers; at end of v.5: Whiting and Branston.

History of flagellation among different nations : a narrative of the strange customs and cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc., with an account of its practice among the early Christians as a religious stimulant and corrector of morals; also anecdotes of remarkable cases of flogging and of celebrated flagellants; with numerous illustrations.

"The present brief treatise is a reprint of a book published some years ago ... The work is anonymous, both as to author and publisher. According to the unknown author's preface the facts are taken from "Historia flagellantium," by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau ... "--P. 5.

Mitchell's Ancient atlas, classical and sacred : containing maps illustrating the geography of the ancient world, as described by the writers of antiquity : also, the political divisions, cities, towns, places distinguished by remarkable events ... : the whole accompanied by a descriptive geography, embellished with numerous engravings of remarkable events, views of important cities, noted structures, and various interesting antique remains /

Includes index.

Purgatory prov'd by miracles : collected out of Roman-Catholick authors, with some remarkable histories relating to British, English, and Irish saints : with a preface concerning the miracles.

Imprimatur on prelim. p. [2] (recto blank).

A complete history of the several translations of the Holy Bible, and New Testament, into English, : both in ms. and in print: and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of printing. /

Pages 49-64, 112 are misnumbered 65-80, 512 respectively.

The history of the Saracens : containing the lives of Abubeker, Omar, Othman, Ali, Hlafan, Moawiyah I. Yezid I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdolmelick, the immediate successors of Mahomet. Giving an account of their most remarkable battles, sieges, &c. ... /

"Sentences of Ali, son-in-law of Mahomet, and his fourth successor, translated from an authentick Arabick manuscript ... by Simon Ockley." (19 p., v. 2) has separate t.-p.

The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv'd five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris: giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the most remarkable transactions of Europe: and, discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1637, to the year 1682 /

Authorities agree that the first part of the work, published in Paris 1684, was written by Marana. The remainder has been ascribed to different Englishmen, among them Dr. Robert Midgley and William Bradshaw. It is probable however that Midgley simply edited the English translation, made by Bradshaw, of the original Italian manuscript. cf. ESTC.

The book of the Axe: containing a piscatorial description of that stream and historical sketches of all the parishes and remarkable places upon its banks.

Facsimile reprint of 4th ed., rewritten and greatly enlarged., London, Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1875.

Music and some highly musical people : containing brief chapters on I. A description of music. II. The music of nature. III. A glance at the history of music. IV. The power, beauty, and uses of music. Following which are given sketches of the lives of remarkable musicians of the colored race ; with portraits, and an appendix containing copies of music composed by colored men /

"The original edition was published in 1880."

A Collection of four hundred portraits of remarkable, eccentric and notorious personages printed from the original copper plates of Caulfield's Remarkable characters, Grainger, and Kirby's Wonderful museum.

Mode of access: Internet.

A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, as related by himself.

Compare with, Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd edition), supplement 980.

Rosarum monographia; or, A botanical history of roses to which is added, an appendix, for the use of cultivators, in which the most remarkable garden varieties are systematically arranged ...

Mode of access: Internet.