A Complete and Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, & Termination of the Late War, Which commenced in the Year 1791, to which is prefixed A Brief Sketch of the French Revolution, embellished with Engravings. Volumes 1-3.

A Society of Literary Gentlemen

Published by Vint & Anderson, 1802

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A Complete and Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, & Termination of the Late War, Which commenced in the Year 1791, to which is prefixed A Brief Sketch of the French Revolution, embellished with Engravings. By a Society of Literary Gentlemen. Volumes 1-3. Newcastle upon Tyne. Printed by & for Vint & Anderson in the Side. 1802. Full calf binding, hardback, first edition. Quarto/4to, measures around 5 3/8" x 8 3/8" x 2 1/4". Pagination: Vol. 1 - [4], 719, [3]; Vol. 2 - [2], 760, [2]; Vol. 3 - [4], 707, [1]. Plates: Vol. 1 facing pages 318, 403, 459 and 561, also with frontispiece; Vol. 2 facing pages 40, 148, 156, 186, 319 and 461 but bound without plate facing page 303; Vol. 3 facing pages 119, 319 (which folds out), 347 and 503. No title labels to spines, red volume number labels to volumes 1 and 3. Several holes, indentations to spine of volume 1. Gilt bands and numbering to spines of volumes 1 and 3. Front boards loose to volumes 1 and 2, rear board missing to volume 3, which is split in half. Strain to other volumes in their centres but holding. Considerable wear to binding with scuffing, chipping and loss, together with marking. Cracking to leather on spines and tearing to heads and tails. Rubbing at edges and on hinges, bumped and torn corners. Browning, marking and scuffing to page edges. Marking, staining and mould spotting to pastedowns and endpapers of each volume, some ink writing to rear pastedown of volume 3. Front free endpaper missing from volume 2, tearing to rear endpaper of volume three. Heavy staining/tidemarking to early pages and centre of volume 1, title page of volume 2 and front free endpaper and title page of volume 2. Some dog-eared page corners and a the odd tear, with loss to margin of plate facing p. 561 of volume 1. Some toning, thumbing and other marking, with mild foxing and staining to page surfaces throughout but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. 719, 760, 707 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Complete and Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, & Termination of the Late War, Which commenced in the Year 1791, to which is prefixed A Brief Sketch of the French Revolution, embellished with Engravings. Volumes 1-3.
• Publisher: Vint & Anderson
• Publication Date: 1802
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As Described
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket