The New, Impartial and Complete History of England; from the Very Earliest Period of Authentic Information, and Most Genuine Records of Historical Evidence, to the End of the Present Year. Containing a Copious, Full, Accurate, Clear, Candid, Comprehensive, Impartial, Universal and Circumstantial History of Every Memorable Transaction, Interesting Event, Remarkable Occurrence, Recorded in the Whole Annals of Great-Britain. A Copious Account and Circumstantial Detail of the Origin, Constitution, and Present State of This Kingdom, and of Our Various Conquests, Acquisitions, and Revolutions, in Various Parts, at Home and Abroad. Also a Complete View of the Constitution, and Political Establishments of Britain, its Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Inventions, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military, and Naval Transactions, &c. Together with an Accurate Faithful Chronological Account of All the Kings and Sovereign Queens Who have Swayed the British Sceptre, and Other Illustrious Personages, Who have Rendered Themselves Conspicuous Either by Their Valour, Their Patriotism, Their Virtue, Their Vice, or Their Learning... A Genuine Description of the Manners and Customs of the Times, and the State of the Nation During the Space of Two Thousand Years... By Edward Barnard, Esq. London: Printed for Alex. Hogg. c.1790
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A beautiful folio size complete history of England, including a very rare printed history of the Druids. This history is very comprehensive, covering all major periods up until the time of printing in the late 18th century, and is beautifully illustrated with full page plates, also with an excellent very large foldout map.
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Size: 258 x 400 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., iv, foldout map, pp.5-712]
Modern recent half blue morocco binding over marbled paper backed boards without external identification marks (no tooled labels etc). Externally near fine and very attractive. Joints secure with hinges slightly cracked at the front, but with both boards securely attached. The binding secure and without shelf lean, standing vertically stable despite its large size. Endpapers replaced. Newspaper pasted to pastedowns. Text block toned throughout, but no more than commensurate with one's expectations for the age. Title page and preliminaries a little creased, but the text block is generally very good or better throughout. There are abundant illustrations throughout which are offset to verso pages slightly. The last few leaves have some minor repairs to the edges, not affecting any text, and the restoration is of very fine quality. An excellent large format work.
[ESTC T088713; MMSID 9941271903804341; OCLC 8986678].
