HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND; COMMENCING IN 1775 AND ENDING IN 1783

Andrews, John

Verlag: Published by His Majesty's Royal License and Authority. For John Fielding.and John Jarvis, London, 1786

Four volumes. [2],448; [2],449 [i.e. 447]; [2],445; [2],416,[59],[v]-xiv pp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially handcolored). Engraved titlepages. Contemporary tree calf, gilt-tooled border, spines gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Each volume lacking its leather labels. Boards lightly rubbed, worn at spine ends and corners, rear board of first volume detached but present; front hinge of third and fourth volumes loosening. Contemporary ownership signature on the front fly leaf of each volume. Clean internally. Very good overall. Each volume in a folding paper chemise, the whole set in a green cloth slipcase, gilt leather label. One of the basic contemporary histories of the American Revolution, this detailed narrative was compiled largely from newspaper articles and the proceedings of the House of Commons. It is illustrated with portraits of principals such as Washington, Clinton, Greene, Cornwallis, Burgoyne, Lafayette, Captain Asgill, and Count D'Estaing. The maps show the North American colonies as far west as the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, the English Channel, the West Indies, and other hot spots of the time in Europe and elsewhere. This set bears the contemporary ownership signature of John Parkinson, dated 1786, on the front flyleaf of each volume. Though he owned this set contemporaneously with its publication, Parkinson is not listed among the original subscribers. HOWES A259, "aa." SABIN 1501. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 81. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM58704

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Titel: HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA, FRANCE, ...
Verlag: Published by His Majesty's Royal License and Authority. For John Fielding.and John Jarvis, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1786