A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793

Title

A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793

Alternative Title

Full title: A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793 : comprising an accurate account of the revolutions, conquests, ... naval & military transactions, &c. with every circumstance worthy of being recorded in the British annals, forming a chronological detail of the transactions of all the monarchs who have swayed the sceptre of Britain, wherein their characters are properly delineated, with equal impartiality and disinterestedness, whether exalted by their virtues or execrated for their vices, remarkable for their courage or detested for their pusillanimity : also biographical anecdotes of admirals, generals, statesmen, patriots, historians, orators, &c. whose superior abilities have immortalized their names and contributed to the honour and dignity of their country : the whole carefully pruned of the errors of preceeding historians ... containing, for the space of near three thousand years, whatever is deserving of being recorded in a work of so much importance as the history of Great Britain / by Charles Alfred Ashburton, Esq.

Creator

Charles Alfred Ashburton

Publisher

London : Printed and sold by W. and J. Stratford, no. 112 Holborn-Hill

Date

[1795?]

Format

4 unnumbered pages, iv, 946 pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 79 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 40 cm (2°)

Description

Includes a list of subscribers.

The plates are dated from 1791-1794.

Plates marked: "Engraved for Ashburton's History of England ... published by W. & J. Stratford", and dated from 1791-1793.

Frontispiece signed: "Dayes delin: Grainger sculp." Other plates signed by Wood, Pass, Brown, Myers, etc.

Text chiefly in two columns.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Provenance

Library copy missing 4 unnumbered pages at beginning of work.
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Contributor

Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
William and James Stratford (Firm), printer, bookseller.

Language

English

Identifier

folio DA30 .A7 1795
English short title catalogue, T85262

Files

folio DA30 A7 1795.jpg

Collection

Citation

Charles Alfred Ashburton, “A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, to the year 1793,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/212.