A complete history of England, deduced from the descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing the transactions of one thousand eight hundred and three years. By T. Smollett, M.D.

People / Organizations

• Tobias George Smollett (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher, at the Oxford-Theatre, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLVII-MDCCLVIII. [1757-1758]

Added name

Rivington and Fletcher (London, England), bookseller.

Publication year

1757-1758

ESTC No.

T55301

Grub Street ID

281884

Description

4v. : 4 ill., 1 map ; 4°.

Note

Vol.4 is dated 1758

Vol. 2 and 3 have initial blank leaves

Misprinted page number on vol. 4: 418 instead of 518

Plates = frontispieces and a folded map

For further guidance on signatures, see: May, James E. "The Authoritative Editions of Smdllett's Complete History of England." In "Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist: New Essays in Memory of Paul-Gabriel Bouc'e", edited by O.M. Brack Jr, 240-305. Newark: U of Delaware Press, 2007

Pagination. Vol. 1: [8], 677, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); vol. 2: [4], 708, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates; vol. 3: [4], 552, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates; vol. 4: [4], 700 pages, [1] leaf of plates

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