Chronology ; or, The historian's vade-mecum : wherein every remarkable occurrence in our own history from the descent of Julius Caesar to the present time, as well as most of the principal events of ancient history, are accurately and alphabetically recorded, with the dates affixed, ... : Together with a full and exact chronology of the most eminent men in all ages of the world. ... / by the Rev. John Trusler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trusler, John, 1735-1820.

Contributor:

Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.

Wale, Samuel, -1786, illustrator.

Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, engraver.

Bladon, Samuel, -1799, bookseller.

Newbery, Francis, -1780, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Great Britain.

History--Dictionaries.

Chronology, Historical.

Great Britain--History--Chronology--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Chronologies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

132 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 13 cm (12mo)

Edition:

The sixth edition. With considerable additions and improvements.

Other Title:

Historian's vade-mecum

Trusler's chronology

Fingerprint:

5.2. 9.5. 7.4. Bedi (3) 1773 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by S. Bladon ... ; F. Newbery ... ; A. Morley ... ; J. Bell, ... and by all the booksellers and newscarriers in town and country, 1773.

Notes:

With [8] pages of bookseller's advertisements on leaves H2-H5 at end.

Engraved half title page has vignette wigned: Wale delin.; Ic. Taylor sculp.

Signatures: A¹² B⁶ C¹² D⁶ E¹² F⁶ G¹² H⁴.

Leaf H6 blank.

Leaf A5 signed A4.

Local Notes:

RBC copy acquired from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers in 2016.

RBC copy in contemporary quarter binding over marbled paper boards.

RBC copy imperfect: wanting leaf C12.

Cited in:

ESTC T195713

OCLC:

316403890