Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Useful Information Relating to All Ages and Nations

A smart, full-calf, later edition of Haydn's popular historical dictionary, including dates up to Summer 1885. Eighteenth edition. In full brown calf binding with marbled endpapers. A comprehensive dictionary of dates, relating to world history up until Summer 1885. Originally compiled in 1841 by Joseph Timothy Haydn, a British journalist known for his dictionaries, this edition was revised for the contemporary reader by Benjamin Vincent, notable historian and librarian of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. In full brown calf binding with marbled endpapers. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in minor loss of leather to the spine head, tail and joints, light marking to boards and more prominent scratching to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean copy with the occasional spot, more common to the first and last few pages, and a faint tide mark affecting the front free endpapers and following four pages. Good.