‘Frontispieceana’, Vol. 2: engravings, woodcuts, etc., mainly from books, 16th–19th c.

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f. 37r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of Histoire de l’admirable Don Quixotte de la Manche, by Cervantes, translated by Filleau de Saint Martin (4 vols.; Amsterdam, 1681) Part 1681
f. 45r Title-page of Κλήμεντος Ἀλεξανδρέως τα εὑρισκόμενα: Clementis Alexandrini opera Graece et Latine quae extant, edited by Daniel Heinsius (Paris, 1629), including an elaborate woodcut device Part 1629
f. 48r Title-page of The Theatrical Recorder, by Thomas Holcroft, No. 1 (London, 1805), including an engraved illustration Part 1805
f. 53r Frontispiece of the Book of Common Prayer (Bath: R. Paddock, 1792) Part 1792
f. 54r Engraved title-page of De Dis Syris syntagmata II, by John Selden, editio novissima (Leipzig, 1672) Part 1672
f. 62r Engraved title-page of The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan, with notes by William Mason (c. 1810) Part c. 1810
f. 64r Engraved title-page of The Succession of Colonels to all His Majesties’ Land Forces, from their rise to 1744 (London, 1744) Part 1744
f. 66r Engraved title-page of True Religion Explained and Defended (a translation, by Francis Coventry, of Hugo Grotius’ De veritate religionis christianae) (London, 1632) Part 1632
f. 67r Engraved title-page of Poole’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Polite Assistant and Useful Remembrancer for the Year 1815 (London, 1814) Part 1814
f. 67r Print captioned ‘Wisdom Teaching Man to Count The rapid progress of Time’, probably from Poole’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Polite Assistant and Useful Remembrancer for the Year 1815 (1814) Part 1814
f. 69r Engraved title-page of Sharpe’s British Theatre, Vol. IV (London, 1804) Part 1804
f. 81r Engraved title-page of Officina pharmaceutica, seu, Antidotarium dogmaticarum vetus, by Jean de Renou (Paris, 1608) Part 1608
f. 84r Engraved title-page of Opera omnia medica et anatomica, by Isbrand van Diemerbroeck (Utrecht, 1685) Part 1685
f. 85r Title-page of Ηρωικα Ομηρου Ιλιας, Homeri Ilias, ed. Franciscus Portus, postrema editio (M. Berjon, 1621), including a woodcut border Part 1621
f. 87r Frontispiece, probably from an edition of A Serious and Compassionate Inquiry into the Causes of the Present Neglect and Contempt of the Protestant Religion and Church of England, by John Goodman (17th or 18th c.) Part 17th or 18th c.
f. 89 Engraved section-title for the ‘Division of Holland’, from A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln (London, 1801–5) Part 1801–5
f. 91 Engraved section-title for ‘Lindsey’, from A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln (London, 1801–5) Part 1801–5
f. 94r Engraved section-title for ‘Madoc in Wales’, from an edition of Madoc, by Robert Southey (early 19th c.) Part early 19th c.
f. 102r Engraved title-page of The Psalter, or, Psalmes of David, of that translation which is used in common prayer (Christopher Barker, c. 1579) Part c. 1579
f. 105r Etched title-page of A Treatise of English Particles, by William Walker, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th ed. (London: Robert Pawlet, 1673 x 1683) Part 1673 x 1683
loose after f. 106 Engraved title-page of Historiarum ab excessu Caroli V Caesaris … libri II, by Pier van Winsem (Leeuwarden, 1629) Part 1629
loose after f. 111 Frontispiece of All the Talents!, by Polypus (London, 1807) Part 1807
loose after f. 115 Title-page of La quatriesme partie de Polexandre, by Marin Le Roy de Gomberville, derniere edition (Paris, 1641) Part 1641
f. 117r Engraved title-page of Poetae minores Graeci, ed. Ralph Winterton (Cambridge, 1635) Part 1635
f. 129r Frontispiece of The Christians Defence against the Fears of Death, by Charles Drelincourt, translated by Marius d’Assigny (1720?) Part 1720?
f. 130r Engraved royal coat of arms Part 17th c.?
f. 133r Engraved illustration from an unidentified book Part 18th c.?
f. 136r Frontispiece of The Universal Letter-Writer, by Thomas Cooke (London, 1770?) Part 1770?
f. 149r Title-page of The Paschal or Lent-Fast, by Peter Gunning (London, 1662), including an engraved device Part 1662
f, 159r Engraved title-page of a volume of Bell’s British Theatre: Comedies (London, 1776 or later) Part 1776 or later