The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, for the Year 1770 (Volume VIII)

First edition. viii, 256pp, [10]pp. Bound in full calf's leather, red and black spine labels with gilt stamped titles, gilt rules. 8vo. Leather is worn, rubbed at edges, rubbed and rounding at corners and spine ends, a few chips on edges and around joints, scuffed on spine. University library stamp on front paste down, lending sheet on front free endpaper no other library markings. Front hinge cracked. A little page toning and the occasional spot mark. Contains a substantial History of Europe, various Chronicles, State Papers, Character Profiles, Accounts of Natural History, Antiquities, Useful Projects, Essays, Poetry and an Account of Books published in 1770.

Culture and Society, Literary Criticism, History