The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, for the Year 1759 (Volume II)

Fifth edition. viii, 494pp, [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. University library stamp on front paste down, no other library markings. Front hinge cracked. First and last few leaves at a little stained and warped, with the occasional crease or spot mark. Contains a substantial History of the Present War[Seven Years War], various Chronicles, State Papers, Character Profiles, Accounts of Natural History, Antiquities, Useful Projects, Essays, Poetry and an Account of Books published in 1759.

Culture and Society, Literary Criticism, History