58
Political state for 1714. 7
th. vol.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 38, as above.
[BOYER,
Abel,
Editor.]
The Political State of Great Britain. Volume VII. Containing The Months of January, February, March, April, May, and June. MDCCXIV.
London: Printed for
John Baker,
1714.
DA480 .A1 P7
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 273 leaves: [ ]
1, A-L
3, M
4-Y
3, Z, Aa
4-Kk
2, Ll-Zz
4, Aaa-Bbb
3, Ccc
4-Mmm
3, Nnn-Yyy
4, Zzz
6. The short sheets occur at the end of the months, and on signatures L
3 verso and Bbb
3, verso are lists of
Books Printed for
William Taylor and
J. Baker.
Lowndes I, 249.
Grose 78.
Abel Boyer, 1667-1729, English miscellaneous writer.
The Political State of Great Britain was a continuation of
The History of the Reign of Queen Anne
; see the next entry. It is the first periodical publication which contained a parliamentary chronicle and an accurate report
of parliamentary debates, and was written in the form of a monthly letter to a friend in Holland. The complete work is in
38 volumes, 1711-1729.
[380]
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Boyer’s annals of Q. Anne.
11. v.
8
vo.
1702-1714.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 39, as above.
[BOYER,
Abel.]
The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals. Year the First [-Eleventh].
London: Printed for
A. Roper and
F. Coggan [and other publishers in later volumes],
1703-13.
First Edition. 11 vol. 8vo. Engraved portrait of Queen Anne by Van der Gucht, engraved plans, engraved arms, etc[.]; publisher’s advertisements; each volume has an Appendix with separate pagination.
The book was printed by several printers, causing discrepancies in the signatures and pagination. The imprints and titles
vary.
Lowndes I, 249.
Grose 3020.
This work is a yearly register of political and miscellaneous occurrences, and is illustrated with plans of the military operations
of the war of the Spanish Succession.
[381]
60
Hist. of the D. of Marlborough.
12
mo.
1650-1722.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 99 [
should be “9”--
Ed.] History of the Duke of Marlborough, 1650-1722, 12mo.
CHURCHILL,
John, duke of marlborough.
The History of John Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of Her Britannick Majesty and the States of the
United Provinces, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master of the Ordnance, &c. Including a more exact, impartial,
and methodical Narrative of the late War upon the Danube, the Rhine, and in the Netherlands, than has ever yet appeared. Compiled
from Authentick Journals, without Regard to any Former Attempt of the same Nature. By the Author of The History of Prince
Eugene. [The
Second Edition, corrected . . .]
London: Printed for
James Hodges,
1742.
