| Other author/creator | Currie, Hugh, inscriber. |
| Other author/creator | Tompkins, H. M., autographer, former owner. |
| Other author/creator | Tompkins, Tammie, autographer. |
| Other author/creator | Tompkins, George M., autographer. |
| Variant title |
Binder's spine title Hume's England |
| Local note | Joyner Rare Collection includes vol. 1 only. Vol. 1 includes bookplate on front pastedown with the inscription in Greek translated to English by cataloger "worthy servant of Jesus Christ" and an image of a seated monk reading with angleic figures above and two devislish figures to the right and below the seated monk. Also includes inscription on front fly leaf from Hugh Currie to H. M. Tompkins. Autograph of H. M. Tompkin included on page [v]. On rear flyleaves the autographs of Tammie Tompkins, George M. Tompkins, and Clayton [illegible] are included. |
| General note | Volumes 3 and 6 printed by Henry Sweitzer; volume 5 printed by Richard Folwell. |
| General note | "The life of David Hume, Esq. written by himself": vol. 1, p. [iii]-xi; previously published separately. |
| General note | Letter from Adam Smith, LL. D. to William Strahan, Esq.": vol. 1, p. [xiii]-xxiii. |
| General note | Continued to 1783 by Smollett. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy gift of Ann Wicker Harrison, January, 2022 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hume, David, 1711-1776. History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in MDCLXXXVIII. New ed. Philadelphia : Printed for Robert Campbell by Samuel H. Smith, 1795-1796 |
| Genre/form | History. |
