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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].

Author/creator Hume, David, 1711-1776
Other author/creatorScot, Robert, 1745-1823 engraver.
Other author/creatorAllardice, S. (Samuel), engraver.
Other author/creatorSeymour, Joseph H., engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionA new edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for Robert Campbell; by Samuel H. Smith, M.DCC.XCV[-M.DCC.XCVI]. [1795-1796]
Description6 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28867. ^A478749
General noteVols. 3-6 dated 1796. Vols. 1,2 and 4 printed by Samuel H. Smith; v. 3 and 6 by Henry Sweitzer; v. 5 by Richard Folwell.
General noteVol. 1 has frontispiece portrait of David Hume; v. 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.
General noteVol. 1: xxiii, [1], 526, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: viii, 520 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [8], 536 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [8], 504 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 5: vii, [1], 488 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 6: [8], 293, [155] p., [1] leaf of plates.
General noteErrors in paging: v. 2, p. 378 misnumbered 278; v. 3, p. 396 misnumbered 376; v. 4, p. 87, 342, 461, 473-480 and 484 misnumbered 69, 322, 361, 373-380 and 481; v. 5, p. 441 misnumbered 445; v. 6, p. 212 misnumbered 112.
General note"Subscribers' names."--v. 6, p. [148-152], 2nd count.
General notePublisher's prosepectus and advertisement, v. 6, p. [153-155], 2nd count.
References Evans 28867
References Evans 30602
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28867).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30602).
Genre/formSubscribers' lists.
Genre/formProspectuses.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.