THE NEW ANNUAL REGISTER,; or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1786, to which is prefixed, The History of Knowledge, learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the reign of Henry the Seventh, from the year 1485 to 1509

[GODWIN, William]

Published by G. G. J. and J Robinson, London, 1787

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8vo, pp. (i), (vi), xxxii, (1)-176, (1)-188, 1-299. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards (little worn at hinges, cut to the leather on the spine), a very good clean copy. "The Annual Register . provided a summary of the year's historical events, reprinted the main public documents . reviewed chief books . and offered a convenient reference book to be added to year by year . In 1780, the dissenters started Robinson's New Annual Register. In 1784 Andrew Kippis . suggested to Robinson that [Godwin] should be engaged as an assistant . and employed to compile the historical section. It was Godwin's first and - as events were to turn out - the only regular employment he ever enjoyed"[St. Clair p. 31]. Godwin continued the work until 1790. The first portion is the history from 1485-1509, presumably by Godwin. Then there are biographical anecdotes; notes on the history and treatment of Greek women; notes on Drama (Macbeth and Richard III); silk worms, etc.

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• Title: THE NEW ANNUAL REGISTER,; or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1786, to which is prefixed, The History of Knowledge, learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the reign of Henry the Seventh, from the year 1485 to 1509
• Publisher: G. G. J. and J Robinson, London
• Publication Date: 1787
• Edition: First Edition.
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