Title: An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1779... Author: [Burke, Edmund] Place: London Publisher: Printed for R. Faulder Date: 1780 Description: xi, [1], 608, 44 pp. With folding engraved map; 13 engraved portrait plates. (8vo) 20.8x12.5 cm (8¼x5"), early quarter calf & marbled boards, vellum corners, spine tooled in blind, ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. First Edition. First edition of this examination of the cause and consequences of the American Revolution by the sympathetic Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher. Notable for the large folding map ("A New Map of America," 43x54 cm) and particularly sought after for the series of engraved portraits, featuring William Howe Samuel Adams, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Robert Hopkins Charles Lee Richard Howe, General Putnam, Benjamin Franklin David Wooster, Horatio Gates, and an anonymous American Rifleman. Bookplates of Macknight Crawfurd and John Francis Neylan. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1779. Exhibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete account of the real causes, rise, and progress of the war, interspersed with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest Provenance: Wreden 3/68 References: Winsor, vol.8, p 500; Church 1171; Howes B975; Sabin 34375 Lot Amendments Condition: Minor wear to boards; small repair to map, some offsetting from the plates, very good or better. Item number: 265014
Title: An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1779... Author: [Burke, Edmund] Place: London Publisher: Printed for R. Faulder Date: 1780 Description: xi, [1], 608, 44 pp. With folding engraved map; 13 engraved portrait plates. (8vo) 20.8x12.5 cm (8¼x5"), early quarter calf & marbled boards, vellum corners, spine tooled in blind, ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. First Edition. First edition of this examination of the cause and consequences of the American Revolution by the sympathetic Anglo-Irish statesman and political philosopher. Notable for the large folding map ("A New Map of America," 43x54 cm) and particularly sought after for the series of engraved portraits, featuring William Howe Samuel Adams, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Robert Hopkins Charles Lee Richard Howe, General Putnam, Benjamin Franklin David Wooster, Horatio Gates, and an anonymous American Rifleman. Bookplates of Macknight Crawfurd and John Francis Neylan. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1779. Exhibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete account of the real causes, rise, and progress of the war, interspersed with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest Provenance: Wreden 3/68 References: Winsor, vol.8, p 500; Church 1171; Howes B975; Sabin 34375 Lot Amendments Condition: Minor wear to boards; small repair to map, some offsetting from the plates, very good or better. Item number: 265014
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