The r--l register: with annotations by another hand. ...
Combe, William,1742-1823.
London : printed for J. Bew,
1778-84.
Another hand = William Combe.
'The r--l register' = 'The royal register'.
Vols. 1-2 are dated 1778; vol. 3, 1779; vol. 4, 1780; vols. 5-6; 1781; vol. 7, 1782; vol. 8, 1783; and vol. 9, 1784.
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