The Annual Register, Or A View Of The History, Politicks, And Literature For The Year 1770 [Burke, Edmund]

Octavo 256p + 256p. 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 worn at head but still 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 Europe, Russia, Turkey, Falkland Islands, War on the Danube, Count Panin, War in Georgia, Russian Exped to the Med, Greeks massacred at Patras, Plague at Constantinople and Poland, state of affairs in Ireland, trial of Thomas Preston, trial of Mungo Campbell for murder, a girl swallows three pins which discharge at her shoulder, Mount Vesuvius, rainfall oddities, climate, case of Rev Winder who was cured of disease by a lightining strike, letters from Voltaire, punishment of the knout, the origin of signs, poetry, and much else besides.