The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in MDCLXXXVIII
Subtitle: In six volumes, illustrated with plates
By: By David Hume, Esq. ; To which is prefixed a short account of his life, written by himself. ; Vol. I[-VI]
Edition: A new edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 28867; Early American imprints -- no. 30602
Publisher: Printed for Robert Campbell; by Samuel H. Smith.
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Portraits; History; Kings and rulers
Notes: Vols. 3-6 dated 1796. Vols. 1,2 and 4 printed by Samuel H. Smith; v. 3 and 6 by Henry Sweitzer; v. 5 by Richard Folwell.

Vol. 1 has frontispiece portrait of David Hume; v. 2-6 have frontispiece portraits of Henry IV, Elizabeth I, James I, Oliver Cromwell, and James II. Portrait of Elizabeth engraved by Joseph H. Seymour; other portraits engraved by Robert Scot and Samuel Allardice.

Signatures: v. 1, [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-3X⁴ (3X4 blank); v. 2, [A]⁴ B-3U⁴; v. 3, [A]⁴ B-3Y⁴; v. 4, [A]⁴ B-3S⁴; v. 5, [A]⁴ B-3Q⁴; v. 6, [A]⁴ B-3L⁴.

Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 526, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: viii, 520 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [8], 536 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [8], 504 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 5: vii, [1], 488 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 6: [8], 293, [155] p., [1] leaf of plates.

Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 378 misnumbered 278; v. 3, p. 396 misnumbered 376; v. 4, p. 87, 342, 461, 473-480 and 484 misnumbered 69, 322, 361, 373-380 and 481; v. 5, p. 441 misnumbered 445; v. 6, p. 212 misnumbered 112.

"Subscribers' names."--v. 6, p. [148-152], 2nd count.

Publisher's prosepectus and advertisement, v. 6, p. [153-155], 2nd count.

Evans 28867

Evans 30602