The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1792. To Which is Prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning, and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [12], XXXIX, [1], 208, 148, 326, [2]pp. Original full marbled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Publisher's vignette on title.
Recording and analyzing the year 1792's major events, developments and trends worldwide, this volume sheds a valuable light on the new developments of the French Revolution (which had been underway since July 14, 1789): France at war with Austria, Deposition of King Louis XVI, Imprisonment of the Royal family; the war in India; the second partition of Poland, etc..
Includes the last installment of the History of Knowledge, Learning, and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth (the first three parts were published in the 1789, 1790, and 1791 volumes); Biographical anecdotes and characters on Theodorick, King of the Ostrogoths; Sir James Stewart Denham Barnes; John Whitehurst; Andrew Fletcher; Dudith; Dr. Jortin, and Dr. Doddridge.
Also includes articles on the domestic life of the Arabians; Character of the modern Turks; Manners and customs of the Cochinchinese; Particulars concerning the Hottentots, etc..
Binding rubbed along edges, with closed tears at upper joints. Minor and sporadic foxing to very first and very last pages. Rear endpapers partly detached, but present. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #40746
Price: $125.00