Editore: London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, T. Longman, J. Dodsley, and R. Horsfield., MDCCC LXIV
Da: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Folio. 26.5 x 41cm. 2 volumes. Rebound by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov in full goatskin in 2 brown textures. Original spine labels preserved.2 volumes. x, xxxiv, [4], 500; [2], 433, [1], [126], [4], 111, [1], [5] pp. Three folding maps.Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762, Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" (DNB). "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House, London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company, and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." (Sabin). Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:863535986: (xxxiv, [4], 500 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates; [2], 433, [128], 111, [6] pages) : maps ; folio.