The General History of the Late War; Containing Its Rise, Progress and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1766.
Price: $2,500.00
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Third edition, revised and corrected, of vols.I-III; second edition of vols. IV & V. With 41 portraits and 8 folding maps. [iv], 495; 464; 480; 470, [26, Index] pp. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary panelled reversed calf, boards tooled in blind, leather title labels. Extremities worn, joints rubbed, front hinge of volume I detached and front endpaper laid in. Very good. Text clean. Bookplate. Howes E165a; Sabin 22667.
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History of the French and Indian War, drawn largely from primary source material, and with much pertaining to the war in North America and the West Indies. Entick (1703-1773) was a prominent lexicographer and historian.
