The Annual Register, Or A View Of The History, Politicks, And Literature For The Year 1760 [Burke, Edmund]

Fourth edition of 1767.Octavo, 260p + 271p. Contemporary full calf, double gilt ruled borders, the spine with raised bands, gilt in compartment, contrasting red and black lettering pieces. The leather spine rubbed and sl worn but most attractive. The boards are well attached and the joints are not cracked. Bookplate of Chrisr. Jeaffreson Esy, of Dullingham House, Cambridgeshire. Contents of this volume include the History of the Present War, state of English garrison at Quebec, French army marches from Montreal, Quebec besieged, Austrians take Glatz, action at Warburg, Russians enter Silesia, Battle of Campen, extract from a piece written in Pennsylvania in 1751, on the prevailing rage of dog-killing, review of Tristram Shandy, several items on the fish market, history of the London Brewery, Pitt's letter to North America, negotiation between Lyttelton and Attakullakulla of the Cherokees, account of sleepwalking, alteration of the colour of a negro woman, account of the weather in Georgia, conduct of a French officer in America, an essay to prove that the Chinese are an Egyptian colony, and much much else besides.