The Historian's Guide. Wherein every Remarkable Occurrence in our History, such as Battles, Sieges, Conspiracies, Rebellions, Invasions, Tryals, Executions, Fires, Earthquakes, Storms, Revolutions, Births, Marriages, Deaths, And every other Memorable Event that has happened in England and Ireland to the present Time, are accurately recorded, with the Dates affixed; together with a full and exact CHRONOLOGY of the most eminent Men in all Ages. Designed for the Pocket, in Order to set People Right in Conversation. To which are added the following useful Articles, - List of the Chief Governors of Ireland - Ditto of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of Dublin down to this Year - Ditto of the Peers of Ireland, (etc., etc.)

(4 ), (1) 2-236 pages. 165x110mm. Original cat's paw calf. Printed by Peter Hoey at the Mercury in Skinner Row. The full title continues: (Ditto of the Peers of Ireland,) 'with the Stiles of their eldest Sons. - An exact Table of the Fares of Coaches, Post-Chaises, and Sedan Chairs, according to the late Act of Parliament. - Table of Guineas ready cast up. - Tables of Interest. - Tables of Annuities for Lives from Sir Isaac Newton. - List of the Fairs of Ireland, with the Commodities sold therein, and a complete Meat Market Book.' Leaves R2 and R5 are misbound, but with no loss. On page 21 a helpful reader has added in pen that, Oct. 13, 4004 BC (creation of the world) was a Thursday. Based on John Trusler's (1735-1820) 'Chronology: or, a concise view of the Annals of England', originally published in London in 1769, this is the first of two Irish editions published in Dublin. *Rare* Binding is worn and rubbed with paste-down endpapers lifted from boards. Text-block is very good with no library stamps or signatures. Images available on request.…