The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in MDCLXXXVIII : In six volumes, illustrated with plates. / By David Hume, Esq. ; To which is prefixed a short account of his life, written by himself. ; Vol. I[-VI].

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28867.
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30602.
Main Author: Hume, David, 1711-1776
Other Authors: Scot, Robert, 1745-1823 (Engraver)
Allardice, S. (Samuel) (Engraver)
Seymour, Joseph H. (Engraver)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed for Robert Campbell; by Samuel H. Smith, M.DCC.XCV[-M.DCC.XCVI]. [1795-1796]
Edition:A new edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements.
Series:Early American imprints. no. 28867.
Early American imprints. no. 30602.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Portraits.
Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Portraits.
Subscription lists (Publishing)
Prospectuses.
Publishers' advertisements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Genre:
Portraits.
Subscription lists (Publishing)
Prospectuses.
Publishers' advertisements
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Physical Description:6 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm (8vo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format: Electronic eBook
Description
Note:Volumes 3-6 dated 1796. Volumes 1,2 and 4 printed by Samuel H. Smith; volume 3 and 6 by Henry Sweitzer; volume 5 by Richard Folwell.
Volume 1 has frontispiece portrait of David Hume; volumes 2-6 have frontispiece portraits of Henry IV, Elizabeth I, James I, Oliver Cromwell, and James II. Portrait of Elizabeth engraved by Joseph H. Seymour; other portraits engraved by Robert Scot and Samuel Allardice.
Volume 1: xxiii, [1], 526, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: viii, 520 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 3: [8], 536 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 4: [8], 504 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 5: vii, [1], 488 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 6: [8], 293, [155] pages, [1] leaf of plates.
Errors in paging: volume 2, page 378 misnumbered 278; volume 3, page 396 misnumbered 376; volume 4, pages 87, 342, 461, 473-480 and 484 misnumbered 69, 322, 361, 373-380 and 481; volume 5, page 441 misnumbered 445; volume 6, page 212 misnumbered 112.
"Subscribers' names."--volume 6, pages [148-152], 2nd count.
Publisher's prosepectus and advertisement, volume 6, pages [153-155], 2nd count.
Electronic text and image data.
Electronic text and image data.
Electronic resource.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
References:
Evans 28867.
Evans 30602.
Additional Physical Form:
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.