Showing 1 to 5 out of 5 results

• Text
  ECCO-TCP (Phase 1)
  
  A dissertation upon pamphlets: In a letter to a nobleman.
  Date of publication:
  1731
  

  Author(s):

  Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
  Description:
  Signed at end: W. Oldys. Reproduction of original from the British Library. English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT34690. Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the ...
   This item contains 3 files (140.12 KB).
   
  Publicly Available

• ---

• Text
  ECCO-TCP (Phase 1)
  
  Observations on the cure of William Taylor, the blind boy of Ightham, in Kent; who being born with cataracts in both eyes, was at eight years of age, brought to sight, on the 8th of October, 1751, by Mr. John Taylor, jun. oculist, ... Also some address to the publick, for a contribution towards the foundation of an Hospital for the blind, already begun by some noble personages
  Date of publication:
  1753
  

  Author(s):

  Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
  Description:
  Dedication signed: Wm. Oldys. Includes 'A specimen of some of the many remarkable cures, .. prform'd by Mr. John Taylor, jun. .. ' with a separate titlepage dated 1752. Horizontal chain lines. Reproduction of original from ...
   This item contains 3 files (199.76 KB).
   
  Publicly Available

• ---

• Text
  ECCO-TCP (Phase 1)
  
  The British librarian: exhibiting a compendious review or abstract of our most scarce, useful, and valuable books in all sciences, as well in manuscript as in print: ... With a complete index ...
  Date of publication:
  1738
  

  Author(s):

  Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
  Description:
  Anonymous. By William Oldys. With a final advertisement leaf. A collected reprint of the six parts, January-June 1737, with continuous pagination and register. Reproduction of original from the British Library. English ...
   This item contains 3 files (3.03 MB).
   
  Publicly Available

• ---

• Text
  ECCO-TCP (Phase 1)
  
  The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica; with his character, ... a description of the hospital, which he erected and endowed ... To which are added the lives of his two brothers, Dr. Robert Abbot, ... and Sir Morris Abbot,
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
  Description:
  Anonymous. By William Oldys. The second leaf comprises 'A list of the authors from whom the following lives were compiled.' on the recto, and an errata list on the verso. In the errata list there is an erratum listed for ...
   This item contains 3 files (784.65 KB).
   
  Publicly Available

• ---

• Text
  ECCO-TCP (Phase 1)
  
  The life of Sir Walter Ralegh: from his birth to his death on the scaffold: ... The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts.
  Date of publication:
  1740
  

  Author(s):

  Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
  Description:
  An abridgement of William Oldys's 'The life of Sir Walter Ralegh' in Raleigh's 'The history of the world', London, 1736. Titlepage in red and black. Reproduction of original from the British Library. English Short Title ...
   This item contains 3 files (2.97 MB).
   
  Publicly Available

• ---