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20 October 2014

Devon imprints. Exeter: Spreat

The Devon book trades : imprint registers.
Exeter : Spreat.

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Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1840s. Publisher. Plain truths for plain people, to assist them rightly to approach the Holy ordinance of Confirmation / by an English priest. - 2nd ed., enlarged.. - Exeter London Exeter Spreat and Wallis Edwards and Hughes, and J. Burns Pollard, Printer. [184-?] ;. - 21, [3]p ; 19cm. - With [2] final pages of advertisements.. - Held by: University of Cambridge Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1842? Publisher. Plain truths for plain people, to assist them rightly to approach the Holy ordinance of Confirmation / by an English priest. - 2nd ed., enlarged.. - Exeter London Exeter Spreat and Wallis Edwards and Hughes, and J. Burns Pollard, Printer. [184-?] ;. - 21, [3]p ; 19cm. - With [2] final pages of advertisements.. - Held by: University of Cambridge Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1844. Publisher. The river scenery of Devon : First series, the Teign, containing eight prints of scenes on that river and its tributaries. Drawn from nature and on stone, by W. Spreat, junr. accompanied by a descriptive account of the scenery of the river. Dedicated to the nobility and gentry of the county. - Exeter Spreat and Wallis. London: Dickenson & Son; and Hamilton, Adams & Co. Pollard, printer, Exeter. 1844. - 4p, 8 plates ; fol. - Issued unbound in a paper wrapper, on which is printed the title page, a printed list of subscribers and advertisement.. - Plates 4 and 5 printed on one sheet.. - Price printed on title page: ?1.5s, or ?1.1s to subscribers.. - The plates printed by C. Risdon, lithographer, Exeter. Twelve lithographs on eight sheets by and after Spreat. - no more published. - Somers Cocks S159. - Held by: National Trust Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1845. Printer. Armstrong, John. A lecture on institutes : being an introductory lecture delivered at the first meeting of the Exeter Scientific and Literary Inst.. - Exeter : Spreat & Wallis , 1845. - 18p. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: pB/EXE/O60/ARM. - Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Organisations.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1846. Publisher. Winterton / By Mrs. Francis Vidal, author of the "Tales for the bush.". - London Francis & John Rivington, ... & Spreat & Wallis, Exeter. 1846. - [4], 160 pages ; 18 cm. - Printer statement from verso of the title-leaf "Gilbert and Rivington, printer, ...".. - Microfilm. London: British Library, 2007. 1 reel: negative; 35 mm. NC.131627.. - Microfiche. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 2007. 2 fiches: positive; 11x15 cm The Nineteenth Century: Women Writers Collection; N.5.1.6048. Mic.F.348/5.1.6048.. - Held by: Register of Preservation Surrogates ; University of Cambridge Libraries ; University of Oxford Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1846. Publisher. Tales for the bush / By Mrs. Francis Vidal ... Originally published in Australia. - London Exeter Francis & John Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, and Waterloo Place Spreat & Wallis 1846. - [2], 320 p. ; 8°. - COPAC.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1846. Publisher. Mary Parker, or, The shoemaker's wife / by the authoress of "Tales for the bush.". - Exeter London Spreat and Wallis F. and J. Rivington 1846. - 15, [1] p. ; 17 cm. - Fiction.. - The authoress of "Tales for the bush" is Mrs. Francis Vidal.. - Publisher's advertisements on 1 p. at end.. - Held by: University of Cambridge Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat and Wallis. 1847. Publisher. Remarks, theoretical and practical, on the education of idiots, and children of weak intellect : By W.R. Scott, . / [Scott, W. R. doctor of Exeter.]. - London Exeter Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Exeter: Spreat and Wallis 1847 ;. - [4],vi,46,[2]p. ; 8°. - Half-title reads: Remarks on the education of idiots, and children of weak intellect. - With an advertisement for works by the author.. - Microfilm. London: British Library, 1998. 1 reel: negative; 35 mm. NC.120841.. - Microfiche. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1998. 1 fiche: positive; 11x15 cm The Nineteenth Century: General Collection; N.1.1.10994. Mic.F.348/1.1.10994.. - Held by: Register of Preservation Surrogates ; University of Aberdeen Libraries ; University of Edinburgh Libraries ; University of Exeter Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, Jane. 1850. Bookseller*. Miles, William. The horse's foot, and how to keep it sound, with illustrations, by William Miles. - Seventh edition with an appendix on shoeing in general and hunters in particular. - London Exeter Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans... Henry J. Wallis and J. Spreat 1850. - xx,4 unnumbered pages,58,37,22 unnumbered pages,10 plates : illustrations ; folio. - Held by: British Library ; University of Edinburgh Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, Jane. 1850. Printer. The Presence of Christ the Strength and Safety of His Church. A sermon preached at the Visitation of the Venerable the Archdeacon Moore Stevens, holden at Exeter, April 30, 1850 . - Exeter Jane Spreat 1850. - 23 p. ; 8º. - Held by: British Library ; University of Cambridge Libraries ; National Library of Scotland ; University of Oxford Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, Jane. 1851. Printer. The advantages of a classical education : a sermon / by T.W. Serjeant. - Exeter Jane Spreat 1851. - 16p ; 18cm. - Held by: National Library of Scotland.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1817. Bookseller. COLERIDGE, James Duke. A sermon, entitled unauthorized zeal the cause of evil, as applicable to the case of itinerant preaching : being intended as a sequel to "The admonition of Our Lord to his disciples," / By the Rev. James Duke Coleridge, curate of Whimple, Devon.-- Exeter : Printed for, and sold by, W. Spreat, bookseller, High-Street., 1817..-- vi, [1], 8-36 p. ; 8°. - "Cullum, General Printing-Office, Exeter." - verso of half-title etc. "The admonition of Our Lord to his disciples" was published anonymously at Exeter in 1816. Although the present work is intended as a "sequel", the author of "The admonition ..." appears not to have been Coleridge. On Jeremiah XXIII, 21. - Held by: Oxford ; British Library ; Manchester.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1819. Bookseller*. CLEEVE, J. K. A caution, against frequenting the meeting houses of dissenters : preached at St. Mary Arches, on Sunday, Nov. 28th, 1819; being the first opening of certain churches in Exeter, for the celebration of a third service, in the evening / by the Rev. J.K. Cleeve, D.D. Rector of St. Geroge, Exeter..-- Exeter : Printed by Flindell & Son, for William Spreat; and sold by him and all other booksellers., 1819..-- 15, [1] p. ; 18 cm. - Price from below imprint: Price One Shilling. - Held by: Oxford.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1819. Bookseller*. HUGHES, Henry Allwright. The Christian's duty to God, his king, and his country. A sermon, preached at the parish church of Honiton, Devon, on Sunday the 12th of September, 1819, before Colonel the Right Honourable Lord Rolle, Lieutenant Colonel Worth, Major the Right Honourable Lord Graves, and the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of the Royal First Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, assembled at Honiton on permanent duty / By the Rev. Henry Allwright Hughes, Rector of Honiton. - Honiton : Printed and sold by James Spurway, Honiton. Sold in London by Rivingtons, St. Pauls Churchyard, in Exeter by Trewman, Risdon, Spreat and Upham , 1819. - 20 p. ; 8°. - "Published at the request of the regiment." Dredge p.80. - Held by: St. Andrews ; Devon Heritage Centre: p252/HON/HUG [described as 4th edition]. - Subjects: Devon. Honiton. Sermons. Texts. 1819.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1819. Bookseller. CORNELIUS. A Letter to the Rev. Prebendary Dennis, by Cornelius, or a friend to "suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.".-- Exeter : Spreat, 1819.-- 15 p. ; 8º. - Held by: British Library.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1822. Bookseller. Ellicombe, H. M. An abridgement of the General Turnpike Act, 3 Geo. 4.c. 126. passed 6th August, 1822 . - Exeter : Spreat, 1822 - Held by: Glasgow ; London School of Economics ; Sheffield.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1824. Bookseller*. A new guide to the city of Exeter, and its environs; with descriptive sketches of the adjacent watering places - Exeter : printed [by W.C. Pollard] for W. Spreat, bookseller, ... and sold by Messrs. Whittaker, London, and all other booksellers, 1824. - 134p ; 17cm. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: sB/EXE/1824/NEWYork Minster ; V&A Libraries ; Leicester (Special Collections) ; Oxford ; University of Exeter ; British Library. - Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Guides. 1824.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1828 Bookseller*. Williams, Thomas H. Devonshire; or directions to the scenery and antiquities : containing a general route to the north of Devon, and to the borders of Dartmoor Vol. II. . - Exeter : printed and published by W.C. Pollard, North-Street, and sold by Dyer, Trewman, Upham, Curson, Spreat, Risdon, Penny, Warren and Balle, booksellers, 1828 - Held by: V&A Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1831. Publisher. Sermon on Their Majesties approaching coronation : preached in the parish church of St. Lawrence, Exeter, September 4, 1831.-- Exeter published by W. Spreat... Printed by W. C. Pollard 1831. - Held by: British Library.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1835. Bookseller. The questions answered : 1. - Why should the King maintain a church where there is no congregation? 2. - Why should he exact tithe to maintain the priests of such church from persons who differ from it? : in a letter of instruction to the people, senators in general, and lords Morpeth and J. Russell in particular, on the Irish Church Bills / by a Catholic priest, of the Church of England, author of 'The Church revenues. Who has them?'.-- 2nd ed.-- London Cambridge Bristol Bath Exeter Taunton Dublin Baldwin and Cradock Stevenson Richardson Duffield Spreat Poole Curries and Co. 1835. - Held by: St. Andrews University Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1836. Bookseller. The questions answered : Why should the King maintain a church where there is no congregation? 2. - Why should he exact tithe to maintain the priests of such church from persons who differ from it? : in a letter of instruction to the people, senators in general, and Lords Morpeth and J. Russell in particular, on the Irish Church Bills. By a Catholic priest, of the Church of England, author of 'The Church revenues. Who has them?'.-- Third edition.-- London Roake and Varty, 31, Strand; Rivingtons - Baldwin and Cradock - Fraser - Parker; Vincent ; Oxford - Deightons; Stevenson ; Cambridge - Bellerby, York - Knott; Langbridge ; Birmingham - Grappel, Liverpool - Sowler; Newberry ; Manchester - Brogden, Lincoln - Beverley, Boston - Ridge, Newark - Jackson, Louth - Albin, Spalding - Ward, Canterbury - Hall, Maidstone - Batcheller, Dover - Rusher, Reading - Cottle, Basingstoke - Jacob and Johnson, Winchester - Skelton, Southampton - Sydenham, Poole - Simmonds, Dorchester - Commins, Weymouth - Spreat, Exeter - Will, Axminster - Poole, Taunton - Ham, Yeovil - Penny, Sherborne - Duffield, Bath - Richardson, Bristol - Hearne, Salisbury - Currie and Co., Dublin. And of every bookseller in the Kingdom 1836. - Held by: National Trust Libraries ; University of Cambridge Libraries ; University of Oxford Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1838. Printer. Ford, James. Twelve sermons, preached in the chapel of Liverydole Alms-House,. - Exeter : W.Spreat , 1838. - 248p ; 17cm. - Heavitree / by J.Ford.Bound with other works by James Ford. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: sB/EXE/252/FOR. - Subjects: Devon. Exeter. Sermons. Liverydole Chapel. Texts. 1838.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1839. Bookseller and publisher. The divine commission and authority of the Christian priesthood, asserted and explained : a sermond preached in the church of St. Mary Major, Exeter, on the 30th of April, 1839, at the visitation of the Venerable John Moore Stevens, Archdeacon of Exeter / By the Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe, M.A. ....-- Exeter Published by W. Spreat, bookseller, 263, High-Street. 1839. - Held by: University of Oxford Libraries ; Lambeth Palace Library ; British Library ; National Library of Scotland ; University of Cambridge Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1840. Lithographer and print publisher. SPREAT, William. A description of the county of Devon. - Exeter : W.Spreat , [1840?]. - Lithographed title vignette and one other lithograph by W.Spreat junior. - Somers Cocks S146.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1840. Lithographer and print publisher. SPREAT, William. Views in Devonshire. - Exeter : W.Spreat , 1840. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: Devon coll. o/s. - Subjects: Devon. Illustrations. 1840.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1841. Printer. Descriptive account of the Cathedral Church of Exeter.-- Exeter W. Spreat 1841. - Held by: University of Exeter Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1842. Publisher. A DESCRIPTION of the county of Devonshire. - Exeter : Published by W.Spreat , [1842?]. - 192,[8]p,[2]leaves of plates : ill ; 15cm. - Colophon: Norton, printer, 247, High-Street, Exeter. - Titlepage lithographed by W.Spreat junr. - Later issue of work originally issued with typographical titlepage [1835?] with addition of 1841 census tables after p.192. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre : sDEV/1842/DES. - Subjects: Devon. Description & travel. 1842.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1842. Publisher. A vindication of the national establishment of the Church of England, and its ecclesiastical orders of bishops, priests and deacons, against the errors of the Plymouth Brethren : containing measures suggested for the promotion of a union between the established Church and the orthodox dissenters. - Exeter W. Spreat; Rivington & Son, &c 1842. - 74p. - Held by: University of Exeter Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1842. Publisher. Picturesque sketches of the churches of Devon / drawn from nature and on stone by W. Spreat junr. - Exeter [Eng.] W. Spreat 1842. - [34] p., 74 plates : ill. ; 28 x 38 cm. - With descriptive letterpress compiled by W. Spreat from accounts supplied by the clergy of Devon and others. Dedicated by permission to the Rt. Rev. The Lord Bishop of Exeter.. - Originally issued in nos., each containing 4 plates, at intervals of 2 months. Published in 18 parts with descriptive letterpress and 74 lithographs by and after Spreat. - Somers Cocks S156; Davidson p.12. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre : sf726.5/DEV/SPR ; Barnstaple: 726.5/B/SPR ; North Devon Athenaeum D726/SPR O/S ; Plymouth ; University of Exeter Libraries ; British Library ; University of Oxford Libraries ; University of Bristol Libraries ; V&A Libraries ; Lambeth Palace Library ; National Trust Libraries ; University of Leicester Library (Special Collections). - Subjects: Devon. Churches. Illustrations. 1842.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1845. Lithographer and print publisher. SPREAT, William. Dartmoor and its borders. - Exeter : W.Spreat , [1845?]. - Set of eight lithographs by and after Spreat. - Somers Cocks S165.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1845. Lithographer and print publisher. WORSLEY, H. [Miscellaneous Devon scenes]. - Exeter : W.Spreat , [1845?]. - Set of at least five lithographs by W.Spreat after Worsley. - Somers Cocks S168. Exeter. Spreat, William. 1848. DAWSON, William. Six sketches illustrative of the South Devon Railway. - Exeter : W.Spreat , 1848. - Set of six lithographs by W.Spreat after Dawson. - Somers Cocks S174.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1848. Publisher. Sketches in Australia / from drawings by R.M. Westmacott. - [Exeter, Devon s.n. 1848?]. - 18 leaves : chiefly ill ; 36 cm. - Drawn on stone by W. Spreat.. - Ferguson no. 4955.. - Held by: University of Cambridge Libraries ; British Library.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1850. Lithographer. SPREAT, William. Four lithographic views of the scenery of Ilfracombe. - Exeter : W.Spreat , 1850. - Set extracted from larger series. - Somers Cocks S192.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1850. Lithographer. SPREAT, William. A series of five views of the scenery and neighbourhood of Linton and Lynmouth. - Exeter : W.Spreat , 1850. - Lithographs extracted from larger set. - Somers Cocks S192.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1850. Lithographer. SPREAT, William. [Views of Berry Pomeroy]. - Torquay : R.T.Wreford , [1850?]. - Six lithographs by and after Spreat. - Somers Cocks S193.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1850. Lithographer. SPREAT, William. [Views of the scenery in North Devon]. - Exeter : W.Spreat , [1850?]. - Set of at least ten lithographs by and after Spreat. - Possibly also published by Ackermann & Co., London. - Somers Cocks S192.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1850. Lithographer. SPREAT, William. [Views of Totnes and the River Dart]. - Exeter : W.Spreat , [1850?]. - Set of six lithographs by and after Spreat extracted from larger series of at least fifty South Devon views published by W.Spreat or Spreat and Wallis in Exeter sometimes in conjunction with the London firms of Hamilton Adams & Co. or R.Ackermann & Co. between about 1845 and 1855. - Somers Cocks S195-6.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1851. Lithographer. Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851, section no.3, class no.22 : invented and manufactured by Garton & Jarvis, ironmongers [trade catalogue] / [Garton & Jarvis.]. - Exeter W. Spreat, lith 1851. - [2] leaves : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm. - Trade catalogue. At head of page "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Section No.3, Class, no.22.". - Held by: V&A Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1851. Printer. Map of the Scene of the present War in Kaffirland. - Exeter W. Spreat 1851. - Held by: British Library.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1853. Printer. Missions abroad the Fruit of Conversion at home. A sermon ... With an appendix. - Exeter Spreat 1853. - 24 p. ; 8º. - Held by: British Library.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1854. Lithographer and printer. Exeter Diocesan School, for the training of national schoolmasters : to be erected nearly opposite Higher Summerland Place, Exeter. - Exeter Lithographed & printed by W.Spreat [1854?]. - 1 picture: b&w; 23 x 32cm. - Held by: University of Exeter Libraries.

Exeter. Spreat, William. 1854. Lithographer*. Dioc' Exon' / (W. Spreat, lith.). - [Exeter London A. Holden Nattali & Bond 1854]. - 1 map ; 320 x 435 mm. - Scale not given. - In: Additional supplement to the Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis ... By George Oliver. - Held by: National Library of Scotland.


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