- Author: Duckett, T., author.
- Title: Duckett’s defence of the Queen.
- Publication: London : T. Duckett, 1820.
523 C292 820
Acquired July 2023
Duckett’s defence of the Queen
Reply
Tag Archives: Politics and government
Massacre of the French king!
Minerva Press broadside detailing the unfortunate end of Louis XVI on the guillotine, January 21, 1793 in Paris. The broadside includes a woodcut illustration of a man lying face down waiting for the blade of the guillotine to drop; the decree of the French National Convention authorizing the execution of “Louis Capet;” descriptions of his execution and of the guillotine–“the modern beheading machine”–and a few anecdotes indicating “that for some time [the king] had been expecting his fate.”
- Title: Massacre of the French king! : view of la guillotine, or the modern beheading machine, at Paris, by which the unfortunate Louis XVI (late King of France) suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793.
- Publication: London : Printed at the Minerva Office, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, and sold wholesale at one guinea per hundred : And retail by every bookseller, stationer, &c. in England, Scotland and Ireland, [1793]
File 82 793M++
Acquired November 2022
R—l George running from his wife
- Title: R—l George running from his wife, or, A cruize in the channel!!.
- Publication: [London] : Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, [approximately 1820]
File 763 820 R888+
Acquired August 2022
A Letter to the vice-presidents and stewards of the Pitt Club
- Author: Friend to the principles of Mr. Pitt.
- Title: A Letter to the vice-presidents and stewards of the Pitt Club / by a Friend to the principles of Mr. Pitt.
- Publication: Edinburgh : Printed for John Robertson, 132, High Street, 1821.
- Manufacture: Edinburgh : Printed by Abernethy & Walker, Old Bank Close, Lawnmarket.
63 F911 821
Acquired March 2022
At a general meeting of His Majesty’s lieutenancy
- Author: Great Britain. Army. Beverley Volunteers.
- Title: At a general meeting of His Majesty’s lieutenancy of the East-Riding of the county of York, and town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, held at the Tiger Inn, in Beverley, on Wednesday the 26th day of October, 1803 ; for carrying into further execution, the Acts for the general defence and security of the realm.
- Publication: Beverley : M. Turner, printer, [1803?]
File 63 G787 803+
Acquired November 2021
Proceedings at a meeting of the British inhabitants of Fort St. George
- Author: British inhabitants of Fort St. George.
- Title: Proceedings at a meeting of the British inhabitants of Fort St. George, Madras, on Monday, September 19, 1785, in consequence of a summons by the High Sheriff of the said town. With an address to his Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament, on the subject of Mr. Pitt’s East-India Bill.
- Published: London : J. Debrett, 1786.
63 786 P963
Acquired January 2021
Democratic principles, illustrated by example
- Author: Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, author.
- Uniform Title: [Bone to gnaw, for the Democrats. Pt. 2. Selections]
- Title: Democratic principles, illustrated by example, part the first : part the second, containing an instructive essay, tracing all the horrors of the French Revolution to their real causes; the licentious politics, and infidel philosophy of the present age / by Peter Porcupine.
- Edition: Fifth edition.
- Publication: Dublin : Printed for J. Milliken, No. 32, Grafton-Street, 1797 [i.e. 1798]
82 798Co
Acquired April 2020
A short authentic account of the late decision, on the bull baiting question
- Title: A short authentic account of the late decision, on the bull baiting question : in the case of the King against John Hill. With an appendix, containing the reports of the speeches of Mr. Windham, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Brougham, in resisting attemps to legislate against the sport.
- Publication: Dudley : W. Maurice, Printer, High Street, 1827.
63 827 Sh559
Acquired April 2020
The Cock of cotton walk, and maid of all work
Relates to the Italian witnesses at the trial to deprive Caroline of the style of Queen and the rights of Queen consort.
- Title: The Cock of cotton walk, and maid of all work, alias “Non mi ricordo,” and “Je ne me rappelle pas” : introduced as principal supporters to the wonderful green bag : a poem.
- Edition: 3rd ed.
- Published: London : Printed for and published by C.E. Pritchard, 1820.
763 820C
Acquired February 2017
The Poll for the election of two burgesses
- Title: The Poll for the election of two burgesses, to serve in Parliament for the borough of King’s-Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, on Friday, April the 2d, 1784. : Candidates, the Honourable Horatio Walpole, Crisp Molineux, Esqr ; Brigg Price Fountaine, Esqr ; John Cary, Esquire, mayor.
- Published: Lynn : Printed and sold by J. Garratt, 1784.
42 P771 784
Acquired September 2016