Thursday 18 June 2015

Devon bibliography: 1740-1759

1740.

History ... The history of John Gregg and his family of robbers and murderers who abode in a cave near Clovaley. [1740?]. Held by: DHC: p920/GRE : sp920/GRE : Bideford: PC

Moore, Henry. Pure and genuine Christianity truly represented ... in a sermon preach'd in Exon September 11th, 1740.At the young men's lecture. 1740. Held by: DHC: s080/Devoniensia E

Torbay ... The Torbay expedition : a satire. . 1740. Held by: DHC: s827/TOR

1741.

Clarke, Alured. A sermon preached before the trustees of the charity schools at the Cathedral Church of Exeter Oct. 13. 1741. By Alured Clarke. 1741. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/252/CLA : I/S

Devon and Exeter Hospital. An account of the Devon and Exeter Hospital, which is proposed to be erected on the plan of the County Hospital at Winchester ... 1741. LE 1741/07/11 EG 10 : Exeter Garland 10 : Exeter Garland 10 : I/S : I/S

Domett, Philobeth. A sermon preach's in Heywicke Chapel in Newton-Bushel, Devon; at a visitation held there, by the Reverend George Baker .. May 13th 1740. 1741. Held by: DHC: s252/NEW/DOM

Fisher, John. Sermons on several subject. By John Fisher, A.M. Late Vicar of St. Lawrence in the City of Exon; and of Colyton in ... Devon. 1741. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/252/FIS

Izacke, Richard. Remarkable antiquities of the city of Exeter. 1741. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/0001/IZA : sB/EXE/0001/IZAr

1742.

Baron, Peter. A sermon preach'd in Exeter August the 24th, 1742. Being Bartholomew-Day. 1742. Held by: DHC: pB/EXE/252/BAR

Gay, John. Fables. 1742. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

Gay, John. The beggar's opera. 1742. Edition not acquired : D822/GAY

1743.

Conflagration ... The conflagration. A poem on the late dreadful fire at Crediton, August the 14th, 1743. Address'd to a friend. 1743. Held by: DHC: s821/CON : Crediton (photocopy)

Gay, John. The distress'd wife. A comedy. By the late Mr. Gay, author of the Beggar's opera. 1743. Held by: DHC: s822/GAY : D822/GAY

Kennicott, Benjamin. A poem on the recovery of the Hon.ble Mrs.Eliz.Courtenay from her late dangerous illness. 1743. Held by: DHC: sx821/KEN

Sleech, John. A sermon preach'd before the ... governors of the Devon and Exeter Hospital ... 27th day of August, the anniversary ... foundation. 1743. Held by: DHC: s080/DEV/20 no.2

Towgood, Micaiah. Afflictions improved : a sermon preach'd at Crediton in Devon, Aug. 21, 1743. Being the Lord's Day after the great fire, .. . 1743. Held by: DHC: s080/Devoniensia B : 4404Dadd/96

1744.

Mudge, Zachariah. An essay towards a new English version of the Book of Psalms from the original Hebrew. By Z.Mudge, Prebendary of Exon ... 1744. Held by: DHC: s223.2/GEN/BIB

1745.

Carew, Bamfylde-Moore. Bickleigh, Tiverton. The life and adventures of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, the noted Devonshire stroller and dog-stealer; as rlated by himself. 1745. Held by: DHC: s920/CAR

Cennick, John. An account of a late riot at Exeter. 1745. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/272.9/CEN

Exeter. Citizens. To the King's most excellent Majesty. We, the Mayor, Lord Bishop aldermen and magistrates ... of Exon humbly beg leave ... [1745]. Not in stock : Exeter Garland 1 : Exeter Garland 1 : I/S : I/S

Sewell, G. The tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh. As it is acted at the Theatre- Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By Mr Sewell. The sixth edition .. 1745. Held by: DHC: s822/SEW : s822/SEWg : SEW

1746.

Brief ... Brief account of the late persecution and barbarous usage of the Methodists at Exeter ... by an Impartial Hand. 1746. Held by: DHC: s208/GEN/COL

Gay, John. Fables. 1746. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

Gay, John. Fables. 1746-. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY U : s821/GAY Ur

Gay, John. Fables. By the late Mr. Gay.. 1746. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY

Godwin, E. Christian tales.... 1746. Not acquired WSL : I/S

Simpson, Samuel. The agreeable historian; or, the compleat English traveller. 1746. Held by: DHC: sDEV/1746/SIM

Vindication ... A vindication of the foregoing discourse : to which are prefix'd some arguments to prove popery ... By the same impartial hand . 1746. Held by: DHC: s208/GEN/COL

1747.

Coade, George. A letter to a clergyman, relating to his sermon on the 30th of January ... By G.Coade, Jun. Merchant at Exeter.. 1747. Held by: DHC: s261.7/GEN/COA

Coad, George. A letter to the honourable the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations. Wherein the grand concern of trade is asserted ... 1747. Held by: DHC: s382/GEN/LET

Rowe, Nicholas. The works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq;. 1747. Held by: DHC: s822/ROW

Wyatt, James. The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt, born near Exeter, in Dovenshire,(sic) in the year 1707 .... [ 1747]. Held by: DHC: s920/WYA. 1748.

Apology ... Bickleigh, Tiverton. An apology for the life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew. 1748. Held by: DHC: s920/CAR U : D92/CAR

Carrington, James. The theory of Christianity, in twelve plain discourses on the articles of the Christain faith : to which is added ... an essay . 1748. Held by: DHC: s238. 11/GEN/CAR

Devon and Exeter Hospital. The state of the Devon and Exeter Hospital, at Lady-day, 1748. [1748]. LE 1748/03/25 EG 10 : Exeter Garland 10 : Exeter Garland 10 : I/S : I/S

1749.

Apology ... Bickleigh, Tiverton. An apology for the life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew. [1749?]. Held by: DHC: s920/CAR

Claims ... . The claims of church authority considered; and the rights of private judgement defended . In answer to ...Mr. Zachery Mudge ... 1749. sB/EXE/252/MUD. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Lavington, George. The enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compar'd. 1749. Held by: DHC: s230.71/GEN/ENT

Statutes 1749. Private. . An act for sale of part of the settled estate of Nicholas Glynn, Esquire, deceased, for discharging incumbrances ... 1749. sx348.022/PRI/1749. - Subjects: Westcountry.

1750.

Carew, Bampfylde Moore. Bickleigh, Tiverton. An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.. [1750]. Held by: DHC: s920/CAR

Carew, Bampfylde Moore. Bickleigh, Tiverton. An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.. [1750]. Held by: DHC: s920/CAR

Gay, John. Beggar's opera. [1750?]. Edition not acquired : D822/GAY

Gay, John. The beggar's opera. 1750. Edition not acquired : D822/GAY

Gay, John. Fables. [1750]. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY U

Gay, John. The distress'd wife. A comedy. By the late Mr. Gay, author of the Beggar's opera. 1750. Held by: DHC: p822/GAY

Petvin, John. Ilsington. Letters concerning mind.... A sketch of universal arithmetic;.. differential calculus, and the doctrine of fluxions. 1750. Held by: DHC: s128.2/GEN/PET

Raleigh, Walter. Sir. The interest of England with regard to foreign alliances, explained in two discourses. .... 1750. Held by: DHC: s341.3/GEN/RAL

Raleigh, Walter. Sir. Instructions of a father to his son ... to which are added; .. Son's advice to an aged father, ... [1750]. Held by: DHC: s170.2022/GEN/RAL

Receipt ... Receipt book of the 18th century. [1750?]. Held by: DHC: sx615.882/BAR/REC

Roberts, William. Okehampton. The divine institution of the gospel ministry, and the necessity of episcopal ordination, asserted, in a sermon ... at Okehampton. [1750]. NIS

1751.

Birch, Thomas. The works of Sir Walter Raleigh, Kt; ... together with his letters and poems... to which is prefixed a new account of his life..V1. 1751. S920/RAL : I/S

Birch, Thomas. The works of Sir Walter Raleigh, Kt; ... together with his letters and poems... to which is prefixed a new account of his life..V2. 1751. Not acquired WSL : I/S

Gay, John. Fables. 1751. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY : D821/GAY

Rights ... Rights and priviledges of the Freemen of Exeter...an account of legacies left... 1164 to 1674...Containing an alphabetical list .. 1751. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/362.5/HOL : sB/EXE/362.5/HOLr

Rights ... Rights and priviledges of the Freemen of Exeter...an account of legacies left... 1164 to 1674...Containing an alphabetical list .. 1751. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/362.5/RIG

1752.

Gay, John. The what d'ye call it : a tragi-comi-pastoral farce. 1752. Edition not acquired : D822/GAY.

Gay, John. Fables in two parts. 1752. Not acquired WSL : D821/GAY

Gay, John. Poems on several occasions. 1752. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY : D821/GAY

Gentleman's ... . The gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle, vol xxii, 1752. 1752. REF/PER : I/S. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Huxham, John. Observationes de aere et morbis epidemicis, ab anno MDCCXXVIII ad finem anni MDCCXXXVII Plimuthi factae. .... 1752. Held by: DHC: s614.4/WES/HUX : s614.4/WES/HUXr

Petvin, John. Remarks on letters concerning mind. 1752. Held by: DHC: s128.2/GEN/PET

Southcomb, Lewis. The christian's peculiar character : or, universal love the true mark of a christian. ... Sermon preached at ... Southmolton. 1752.

To ... To Capt.. [1752?]. LE 1752 EG 9 : Exeter Garland 9 : Exeter Garland 9 : I/S : I/S

Wreyford, Samuel. The immortality of the soul prov'd from moral arguments ... a sermon occasioned by the death of Mr Solomon Tozer ... April 23, 1752. [1752]. Held by: DHC: pB/EXE/252/WRE

1753.

Fort, Francis. Tiverton. Gamaliel : a sermon preached in St. Peter's church in Tiverton Being the annual meeting of the gentlemen educated at Blundell's . 1753. Held by: DHC: s252/TIV/FOR

Gay, John. Fables. 1753. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

Gay, John. Poems on several occasions. 1753. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY : D821/GAY

Kiddell, Henry. Tiverton. Tiverton : a poem . 1753. Held by: DHC: s821/KID

Letter ... . A letter from a gentleman in the West of England to his friend ... [1753?. LE 1753/03/13. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Rowe, Elizabeth. . Friendship in death. : in twenty letters from the dead to the living ... in three parts. In two volumes. Vol. I . 1753. s826/ROW : s826/ROWr. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Statutes 1753. Public ; 26 Geo 2. An act for opening the port of Exeter for the importation of wooll, and woollen yarn, from Ireland. 1753. Held by: DHC: sx348.022/1753/PUB

1754.

Banks, John. Musbury. The history of John, Duke of Marlborough ... compiled from authentic journals. 1754. Held by: DHC: s920/CHU

Cennick, John. St. Paul's conversion : being the substance of a sermon preached at Plymouth... 1744 . [1754]. Held by: DHC: p252/PLY/CEN

Lancey, John. North Devon. A genuine account of the burning of the Nightingale brig, lately belonging to Thomas Benson, Esq; a member of the last British Parliament. Written by John Lancey, the commander, (now under sentence of death) since his commitment. Published word for word from the author’s manuscripts. [...]. - London : printed for H. Slater, at the Circulating Library the corner of Clare Court, Drury Lane, with whom the original manuscripts are deposited for the inspection of the curious: and may be had at H. Slater, jun., and by all booksellers in town and country , 1754. -[4],56p. ; 8°. - ESTC T147603. - With a half-title. - Held by: WSL: s623.8885/DEV/LAN ; North Devon Athenaeum: D363/LAN ; British Library ; Cambridge University Library. - Subjects: Devon. Barnstaple. Benson, Thomas. Ships. Nightingale. Burning. Fraud. 1752.

Raleigh, Walter. Sir. Instructions of a father to his son under the following headings ... to which are added ... Son's advice to an aged father, ... 1754. Held by: DHC: s170.2022/GEN/RAL

Statutes 1754. Private ; 27 Geo 2. Ashton. An act for confirming and establishing the partition of the estates of Sir George Chudleigh, and Dame Frances his wife ... [1754?]. Held by: DHC: sx348.022/1754/PRI : 622.3/BID/MER

1755.

Alcock, Thomas. Nature and obligation of oaths : an assise sermon preached to the Cathedral church of St.Peter ... August 7, 1754 . 1755. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/252/ALC

Bather, James. A full and faithful account of the [l]ife of James Bather, late boatswain of the Nightingale brig, Thomas Benson, Esq; owner. Written by Himself. Containing, a circumstantial narrative of all the steps taken by John Lancey, master of the said ship, and others, for wilfully burning and sinking the vessel, in order to defraud the insurers; from the first to the last of that abominable transaction. Together with a relation of the means whereby a discovery thereof was made by the author, and Captain Lancey (now under sentence of death) capitally convicted of the same. Published from the author’s manuscripts; revised and corrected by an impartial hand. - London : Printed for R. Griffiths, in Pater-Noster Row , [1755?]. - [2],30p. ; 8°. - ESTC T40293. - Price in square brackets: (Price Six-pence.). - Held by: British Library ; Cambridge University Library. - Subjects: Devon. Barnstaple. Benson, Thomas. Ships. Nightingale. Burning. Fraud. 1752.

Gay, John. Fables. By the late Mr. Gay. Volume the second. Fifth edition. 1755. Held by: DHC: s821/GAY

Gay, John. Fables. 1755. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

Martin, Benjamin. . The general magazine of arts and sciences, philosophical, philological, mathematical, and mechanical .... 1755. s500.9/WES/MAR. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Martin, Benjamin. . The general magazine of arts and sciences.... 1755. s500.9/WES/MAR. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Morice, William. Sir. Werrington. The new inclosures broken down, and the Lords supper laid forth in common fo all church-members, having a dogmatical faith ... 1755. Held by: DHC: s234. 163/GEN/MOR

Parisot, Piere. Tres humbles representations de Pierre Parisot de Lorraine a la nation Angloise, au sujet ...d'art & de manufactures; ... 1755. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/677/PAR

Stafford, Hugh. A treatise on cyder-making, founded on long practice and experience, with a catalogue of cyder-apples ... 2nd edit. 1755. Held by: DHC: s623.29/DEV/STA

Statutes 1755. Private ; 28 Geo 2. . An act for explaining and making more effectual a power contained in the will of Sir William Morice Baronet, for making leases ... [1755?. sx348.022/1755/PRI. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Statutes 1755. Private ; 28 Geo 2. An act for establishing and confirming a partition of the estates of Stephen Northleigh, Esquaie, and Margaret his wife, ... [ 1755?]. Held by: DHC: sx348.022/1755/PRI

Statutes 1755. Private ; 28 Geo 2. An act for vesting part of the settled estates of Fraunceis Kirkham Esquire, and Damaris his wife, in trustees, to be sold, ... [1755?]. Held by: DHC: sx348.022/1755/PRI

Wyatt, James. The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt .... [1755]. Held by: DHC: s920/WYA

1756.

Berry, Benjamin. The charter of the Borough of Plymouth, and the case of Roch against Berry, in the Queen's Bench, 1712. 1756. Not acquired WSL : I/S

English ... The English hero ; or, Sir Francis Drake reviv'd ... dangerous voyages ... fifteenth edition. 1756. Held by: DHC: s920/DRA

Girrard, J. Practical lectures on education, spiritual and temporal; ... 1756. Held by: DHC: s370. 1/GEN/GIR

Heath, Benjamin. Some considerations on the lawfulness and expediency of frequenting the theatre, as ... circumstanced at Exeter. 1756. LE 1756. - Held by: DHC ; Barnstaple: Exeter Garland 7 ; Exmouth ; Plymouth ; Torbay. - Devon. Exeter. Playbills.

Theatre Exeter. [ Playbills : 17 November 1756, 23 Oct 1764, 9 Oct, 16 Oct, 21 Oct, 23 Oct, 30 Oct, 19 Nov 1765, 24 Jan 1769]. 1756-. Playbills. - Held by: DHC ; Barnstaple: Exeter Garland 7 ; Exmouth ; Plymouth ; Torbay. - Devon. Exeter. Playbills.

1757.

English ... The English hero ; or, Sir Francis Drake reviv'd ... dangerous voyages ...inlarged and reduced into chapters by R.B[urton]. 1757. Held by: DHC: s920/DRA

Gay, John. Fables. 1757. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

Gay, John. Poems on several occasions. 1757. Edition not acquired : D821/GAY

1758.

Donn, Benjamin. Bideford. A new introduction to the mathematicks, being essays on vulgar and decimal arithmetic. [cover inscribed by 1760 and by 1771 owners]. 1758. Not acquired WSL : 513/BID/DON

Hill, Aaron. The tragedy of Zara. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, ... 2nd ed. 1758. S822/ROW

Izacke, Richard. Remarkable antiquities of the city of Exeter. 1757. Held by: DHC: sB/EXE/0001/IZA

1759.

Brice, Andrew. . Universal geographical dictionary ; or, Grand Gazetteer. 1759. sx910.3 U. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Gay, John. Fables de M. Gay, suives du poeme de Leventail. 1759. Not acquired WSL : D821/GAY

Edmonds, Clement. Sir. Observations on the landing of forces designed for the invasion of a country ... whereupon are added : Some Animadversions ... by Sir Walter Ralegh Knt. 1759. Held by: DHC: s359.42/GEN/EDM

Exeter ... The Exeter pocket-journal; or west-country gentleman and tradesman's memorandum-book for the year of our Lord 1760. [1759]. CLSL, waiting jacket

Fortescue, James. Filleigh. Dissertations, essays, and discourses &. in prose and verse. 1759. Not acquired WSL : D824/FOR

Hodge, Matthew. Tiverton. [ Advertisement]. 1759. Not acquired WSL : I/S

Huxham, John. Observations on the air and epidemic diseases from the ... year 1738, to the end of the year 1748.- Vol. 2 Trans. by J.C.Huxham. 1759. Held by: DHC: s614.4/GEN/HUX

Huxham, John. Observations on the air and epidemic diseases from the year mdccxxviii, to mdccxxxvii. inclusive .... 1759. Held by: DHC: s614.4/WES/HUX

Martin, Benjamin. . The natural history of England; or, a description of each ... county Vol. 1.- Lacks all after p 36. Devon and Cornwall only. 1759. s500.9/WES/MAR. - Subjects: Westcountry.

Martin, Benjamin. The natural history of England; or, a description of each ... county Vol. 1.- Lacks all after p 36. Devon and Cornwall only. 1759. Held by: DHC: s500.9/WES/MAR


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