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The history of the reign of George III. to the termination of the late war. : To which is prefixed, a view of the progressive improvement of England, in prosperity and strength, to the accession of His Majesty. : In four volumes. / By Robert Bisset, LL.D. author of the "Life of Burke," &c. &c. ; Vol. I[-IV].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bisset, Robert, 1759-1805.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 19573.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820--Portraits.
- George.
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806--Portraits.
- Fox, Charles James.
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
- Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America.
- Colonies.
- America.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Subscription publications.
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Published by Levis & Weaver, no. 193, Market Street. Thomas L. Plowman, printer., 1810[-1811].
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Frontispiece portraits of George III and C.J. Fox engraved by John Boyd. Frontispiece of American generals, from portraits by Charles Willson Peale, engraved by David Edwin. Frontispiece of American presidents engraved by D. Edwin & G. Murray.
- Edition statement transposed; precedes "Vol. I[-IV]" on title pages.
- Imprint date varies: v. 2-4 dated 1811.
- Vol. 1, vii, [1], 543, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2, [2], 514 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3, 485, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4, 500, [54] p., [1] leaf of plates. Last pages of v. 1, 3 blank.
- Two states of v. 2, gatherings H and I noted, priority not determined. In the first, p. 50-51, 54-55, 58-59, 62-63 are misnumbered 48-49, 52-53, 56-57, 60-61. In the second, p. 49-57, 60-61, 64 are misnumbered 47-55, 58-59, 62.
- Errors in paging: v. 3, p. 38, 381, 382 misnumbered 83, 281, 283.
- "Index."--v. 4, p. [501-545].
- "Subscribers' names."--v. 4, p. [547-554].
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 19573).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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