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Book Condition: Fair
Formerly the property of Lenox Library (bookplate dated Feb. 1874 on front paste-down). Most of spine leather lost, title remains. Boards rubbed, page ridges lightly foxed, text unmarked and binding remains sound. 1800 Hard Cover. 339; 207. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8. 8vo. Original quarter-leather, marbled boards. Paginated in two separate sections, chapters include History of Europe; Chronicle; State Papers; Characters; Natural History; Useful Projects; Antiquities; Miscellaneous Essays; Poetry; Account of Books for 1781. Topics discussed include Indians of Porto de la Trinidad; John Law and the 1717 Mississippi Scheme; poet Lope de Vega; natural history of the Cape of Good Hope; Priestley's Experiments in Natural Philosophy; the island of Corsica; Small-pox inoculation; declaration of war against Holland; etc.
Title: The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1781
Categories: Early Periodicals, 18th Century, 19th Century and Earlier,
Publisher: London, J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall / T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Fleet-Street: 1800
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Seller ID: 2200981
Keywords: HISTORY POLITICS LITERATURE 1781 LONDON MEDICINE MEDICAL,