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  A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits, of General George Washington. Faithfully taken from authentic documents, and, now, in a second edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. : Price, 25 cents. : [Four lines of verse] / By the Rev. M.L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50--Dumfries.
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

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  Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825. ; Washington, Martha, 1731-1802, dedicatee. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.
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  Dedicated to Martha Washington. Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Benjamin Tanner for Weems. Date of publication suggested by E.E.F. Skeel in: Mason Locke Weems: his works and ways, 1929, v. 1, p. 11. Parentheses ...
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  A narrative of the extraordinary adventures, and sufferings by shipwreck & imprisonment, of Donald Campbell, Esq. of Barbreck: with the singular humours of his Tartar guide, Hasan Artaz; : comprising the occurrences of four years and five days, in an overland journey to India. : In a series of letters to his son. : [Three lines from Young]
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

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  Campbell, Donald, 1751-1804. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. ; Mathews, Richard. ; Campbell, Donald, 1751-1804. Journey over land to India.
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  Printer's name supplied by Evans. Cf. Evans 35265, with imprint date 1797. Also published under title: A journey over land to India ... Frontispiece engraved by Benjamin Tanner. Appendix (p. 409-417) contains a letter from ...
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  Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, cidevant Queen of France. [Two lines from Brantome]
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Goupil, Pierre Étienne Auguste. ; Pigalle, N., engraver. ; Scoles, John, 1772?-1853, engraver ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.
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  Running title: Memoirs of the Queen of France. Attributed to Pierre Étienne Auguste Goupil by Forrest Bowe in a letter to the American Antiquarian Society, Dec. 26, 1952. The first, third, and fourth plates are signed: N. ...
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  The botanic garden. A poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. : With philosophical notes.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

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  Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802. ; Smith, E. H. (Elihu Hubbard), 1771-1798, ed. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.
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  Attributed to Erasmus Darwin in the Dictionary of national biography. Each part has separate title page. Part I is from the 3d, part II from the 4th London edition. Edited for republication, with a poetic "Epistle to the ...
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  The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Foxe, John, 1516-1587. ; Wright, Paul, d. 1785, ed. ; Scoles, John, 1772?-1853, engraver. ; Pigalle, N., engraver. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. ; Tisdale, Elkanah, b. ca. 1771, engraver.
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  Issued in forty parts, beginning in 1794. Vol. 1: iv, [1], 6-939, [1] p., [17] leaves of plates (frontispiece folded); v. 2: 669, [3] p., [19] leaves of plates. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 175, 847 misnumbered 875, 829; v. ...
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  The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as Saviour of mankind ... By Paul Wright, D.D. ... ; Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind: finely engraved from the original drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by the best American artists.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Wright, Paul, d. 1785. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. ; Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver. ; Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, engraver. ; Tisdale, Elkanah, b. ca. 1771, engraver. ; Scoles, John, 1772?-1853, engraver. ; Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.
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  "First published in thirty numbers, of sixteen pages and an engraving, each. The completed volume bearing the date of the first number, although publication was not completed until 1796 or 1797. The Philadelphia edition ...
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  The trial of Joseph Gerrald, delegate from the London Corresponding Society, to the British Convention. Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on the 3d, 10th, 13th, and 14th of March, 1794. For sedition. / Taken in short-hand by Mr. Ramsey.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Gerrald, Joseph, 1763-1796. ; Ramsey, William, fl. 1793. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. ; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary. ; London Corresponding Society.
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  Frontispiece portrait engraved by Benjamin Tanner.
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  The trial of Maurice Margarot, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, on an indictment for seditious practices. / Taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Margarot, Maurice, d. 1816. ; Ramsey, William, fl. 1793. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. ; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
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  Margarot was a delegate of the London Corresponding Society to the British Convention, 1793. Date of publication supplied by Evans. Also issued as the sixth title in: Select pamphlets: viz. 1. The political progress of ...
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  The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus ... Translated from the original in the Greek language. And diligently revised and compared with the writings of contemporary authors, of different nations, on the subject. All tending to prove the authenticity of the work. ; To which is added various useful indexes ... ; Also a continuation of the history of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present time ... By George Henry Maynard, LL.D. ; Illustrated with marginal references and notes, historical, biographical, classical, critical, geographical, and explanatory. By the Rev. Edward Kimpton, author the the Compleat universal history of the Holy Bible. ; Embellished with upwards of sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of the Messrs, Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, members of the Royal Academy, and engraved by American artists.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Josephus, Flavius. ; Maynard, George Henry. ; Kimpton, Edward, fl. 1765-1813. ; Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832, engraver. ; Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, engraver. ; Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver. ; Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver. ; Allen, Joel Knott, 1755-1825, engraver. ; Pigalle, N., engraver. ; Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.
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  Issued in parts, to be completed in 60 numbers. The first number included the title page, dated 1792. Publication was not completed until 1794, at which time the entire work was issued with a title page dated 1794 (Evans ...
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