A short history of the British empire during the last twenty months : viz. from May 1792 to the close of the year 1793 / by Francis Plowden ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plowden, Francis, 1749-1829.

Contributor:

G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Paine, Thomas.

Constitutional history--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Constitutional history.

Great Britain--History--1789-1820.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--France--Early works to 1800.

International relations.

France.

Penn Provenance:

Gillow, Joseph, 1850-1921 (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 386 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

British empire PU

Fingerprint:

w,le atas n-to thge (3) 1794 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson ..., MDCCXCIV [1794]

Notes:

With a half-title.

Signatures: [A]² B-Z⁸ 2A-2B⁸ 2C1.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

RBC copy bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, with the author's last name and a portion of the title stamped in gold on a leather label affixed to spine.

RBC copy has the armorial bookplate of Joseph Gillow, with the motto "alis et animo" and date 1890, affixed to the front paste-down endpaper.

RBC copy imperfect: half-title leaf [A]1 wanting.

Cited in:

ESTC, T72759

Other Format:

Online version: Plowden, Francis, 1749-1829. Short history of the British empire during the last twenty months.

OCLC:

1192363