000642793 000__ 03832cam\a2200361\\\4500 000642793 001__ 642793 000642793 005__ 20210715112710.0 000642793 006__ m\\\\|o\\d\|\\\\\\ 000642793 007__ cr||n||||||||n 000642793 008__ 991027s1791\\\\enk||||\o\\\\\00|\||eng\c 000642793 035__ $$a(Uk-ES)006069306 000642793 035__ $$a(OCoLC)508338796 000642793 035__ $$a(CU-RivES)N69939 000642793 040__ $$aUk-ES$$cUk-ES$$dCStRLIN$$dCengage Gale 000642793 1001_ $$aGifford, John,$$d1758-1818. 000642793 24010 $$aHistory of France.$$kProspectus 000642793 24510 $$aElegant and copious history of France.$$h[electronic resource] :$$bIntended to be completed in one hundred weekly numbers. Making four handsome quarto volumes, superbly embellished; in order to form a necessary counterpart to the various histories of England, and without which, indeed, the latter must be considered as incomplete. The historical designs by that admired Artist Singleton---the heads of the Kings, and other eminent persons of France, from valuable pictures, obtained, with much difficulty, from the cabinets of the Virtuosi, in Engalnd, Italy, and France---to be executed, in the best manner, by Jones, engraver extraordinary to His Royal Highness of Prince of Wales.---The necessary maps, also, will be given.--- Saturday, May 28, 1791, was published, price Sixpence, number I. (to be continued weekly, till completed) of The history of France, from the earliest times, to the present important era. From the French of Velly, Villaret, Garnier, Mezeray, Daniel, and other eminent historians; with notes, critical and explanatory; By John Gifford, Esq. Conditions. I. Every number of this work to consist of three sheets of letter-press, elegantly printed in quarto, on a new type cast on purpose. II. Every other number to be ornamented either with an historical print, or a head of some distinguished personage; the likeness from the cabinets of the virtuosi; the designs wholly by Singleton; and the engravings by Jones. III. The work to be printed on a superfine demy paper. IV. The history to consist of one hundred numbers; or, should the progress of the late revolution be marked by new and interesting events, before the period of the conclusion of this work, to be then extended at the option of the author, so as to include every circumstance that may be essential to form a complete history of France. V. That a number be published regularly every week, without any interruption whatever. 000642793 260__ $$aLondon :$$bprinted by C. Lowndes, Drury-Lane; and sold by W. Locke, Red-Lion Street, Holborn; H.D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster Row; and all other booksellers and newsmen in town and country,$$c[1791] 000642793 300__ $$a4p. ;$$c8⁰. 000642793 500__ $$aBy 'John Gifford', a pseudonym used by John Richards Green. 000642793 500__ $$aThe History of France was published: London, C. Lowndes and sold by W. Locke, 1791-92. Reprinted 1793, 1795. 000642793 500__ $$aProspectus includes list of engravings and a translator's note. 000642793 500__ $$aReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). 000642793 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000642793 509__ $$aIssued with monthly publication dated: Sept. 1791. 000642793 5104_ $$aEnglish Short Title Catalog,$$cN69939. 000642793 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bFarmington Hills, Mich. :$$cCengage Gale,$$d2009.$$nAvailable via the World Wide Web.$$nAccess limited by licensing agreements.$$7s2009 miunns 000642793 650_0 $$aDummies (Bookselling)$$vEarly works to 1800. 000642793 655_7 $$aProspectuses.$$2rbgenr 000642793 752__ $$aGreat Britain$$bEngland$$dLondon. 000642793 852__ $$bebk 000642793 85640 $$3Eighteenth Century Collections Online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1331400100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi$$zOnline Access 000642793 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:642793$$pGLOBAL_SET 000642793 980__ $$aEBOOK 000642793 980__ $$aBIB 000642793 982__ $$aEbook 000642793 983__ $$aOnline