The New, Comprehensive, Impartial and Complete History of England: from the very first period of Authentic Information, to the End of the Present Year

London: Alexander Hogg, 1790 A good copy in recent quarter leather binding, with frontispiece, folding map of England and Wales, maps of Scotland and Ireland, and 103 further full page plates. Like many attempts to cover 'earliest history' to 'the present day', this is somewhat sketchy on the early sections, but increasingly detailed almost to a diary approach on 'the present day'. This is a later edition - undated - but the last entry is for June 10th 1790. The author simply added pages to update so although the text pagination runs to p714, the index section starts at p709 reflecting the smaller initial version. Known particularly for its lavish engravings - especially the later ones covering the American War of Independence. This copy has been recently rebound: the binding has a leather spine and title label and marbled boards and is in very good condition. New endpapers. Contents with frontispiece, title page, dedication, table, preface with decorative tailpiece, folding map of England and Wales and text to p 714, Index p709-712, directions to the binder and 4 page list of subscribers. The initial (up to around p20) and final pages have very fragile page edges and small outer margin tears. The folding map has been laid out on a paper backing for support. The paper has brown toning and there is occasional marking and light staining. There is some mispagination (eg p441-444 are missing but the text is continuous). There are a number of small tears to pages which have been repaired - these generally affect margins rather than text. 3 plates have been damaged - one is repaired; the other two have loss to margins with the plate of King John signing the Magna Charta losing a little of the bottom title. We can provide more images on request.