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Richard
Polwhele b. 6 January 1760–d. 12 March 1838
Works authored
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous, 7 vols, vol. 1: Book I: from Caesar to Vortigern, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816. 212 pp + map + 6 plates.
Incl. original title page dated Falmouth, 1803.
HathiTrust – Vol. I–III: <link>
Incl. original title page dated Falmouth, 1803.
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall [...], 7 vols, vol. 4: The civil and military history of Cornwall, with illustrations from Devonshire, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816. 145 pp + 27 plates + pedigrees.
Incl. original title page dated Exeter, 1806; consists of two parts (part 1, pp. 3-96, and part 2, pp. 97-147).
Incl. original title page dated Exeter, 1806; consists of two parts (part 1, pp. 3-96, and part 2, pp. 97-147).
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall [...], 7 vols, vol. 5: The language, literature and literary characters of Cornwall, with illustrations from Devonshire, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816. 207 pp + portrait.
Incl. original title page dated London (printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies), 1806
Incl. original title page dated London (printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies), 1806
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical ... a new edition ... in 7 volumes, 7 vols, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816.
Seven volumes in two parts, presented as a “new edition, corrected and enlarged”. The end result had a long publication history. The individual volumes were published over a period of time (1803, 1804, 1806, 1808, etc.); with the publication of the collective work in 1816, the original titles were cancelled in favour of new ones. Original title pages were still included. See Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, vol. 2: pp. 510–511.
includes: Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous: Book I: from Caesar to Vortigern, vol. 1 • Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous: Book II: from Vortigern to Edward I, ch. 1–4, vol. 2 • Richard Polwhele • John Whittaker, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous: Book II: from Vortigern to Edward I, ch. 5–11 and supplements, vol. 3 • Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall [...]: The civil and military history of Cornwall, with illustrations from Devonshire, vol. 4 • Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall [...]: The language, literature and literary characters of Cornwall, with illustrations from Devonshire, vol. 5 • Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall [...]: A Cornish-English vocabulary: a vocabulary of local names, chiefly Saxon, and a provincial glossary, vol. 6 • Richard Polwhele, The history of Cornwall [...]: in respect of the population, and the health, strength, activity, longeviy, and diseases of its inhabitants, with illustrations from Devonshire; corr. and add.; index, vol. 7
Seven volumes in two parts, presented as a “new edition, corrected and enlarged”. The end result had a long publication history. The individual volumes were published over a period of time (1803, 1804, 1806, 1808, etc.); with the publication of the collective work in 1816, the original titles were cancelled in favour of new ones. Original title pages were still included. See Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, vol. 2: pp. 510–511.
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall [...], 7 vols, vol. 6: A Cornish-English vocabulary: a vocabulary of local names, chiefly Saxon, and a provincial glossary, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816.
Incl. original title page (Truro, printed by J. Tregoning, 1808; or in the copy linked to below: Truro, printed by W. Polyblank for Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yeard, London, 1836).
Incl. original title page (Truro, printed by J. Tregoning, 1808; or in the copy linked to below: Truro, printed by W. Polyblank for Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yeard, London, 1836).
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous, 7 vols, vol. 2: Book II: from Vortigern to Edward I, ch. 1–4, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816. 224 pp + 9 plates + 8 gen. tables.
Incl. original title page dated Falmouth, 1803.
HathiTrust – Vols I–III: vol. II: <link>
Incl. original title page dated Falmouth, 1803.
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall [...], 7 vols, vol. 7: in respect of the population, and the health, strength, activity, longeviy, and diseases of its inhabitants, with illustrations from Devonshire; corr. and add.; index, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816.
Incl. original title page (Truro: printed at the Cornish Press, by J. Tregoning, for Cadell and Davies, in the Strand, London 1806).
Incl. original title page (Truro: printed at the Cornish Press, by J. Tregoning, for Cadell and Davies, in the Strand, London 1806).
Polwhele, Richard, and John Whittaker [suppl.], The history of Cornwall: civil, military, religious, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical and miscellaneous, 7 vols, vol. 3: Book II: from Vortigern to Edward I, ch. 5–11 and supplements, London: printed for Law and Whittaker, 1816. 60 pp + 96 pp + errata + 4 plates.
The supplement added by J. Whitaker has a separate title page dated Exeter, 1804.
The supplement added by J. Whitaker has a separate title page dated Exeter, 1804.
Polwhele, Richard, The history of Cornwall: civil, military, architectural, agricultural, commercial, biographical, and miscellaneous, 3 vols, Falmouth: printed by T. Flindell for Cadell and Davies, 1803.
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