Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg. BELSHAM William 1752-1827 Publisher: C Dilly Publish Year: 1793 Publish Place: London: in The Poultry. Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 005011 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £40 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 1793, 2 vols. In contemporary blue printers boards, corners and edges very lightly bumped & worn. Spines, in plain paper, some loss at edges, titles in mss. Internally, Vol 1, [4], [1], 2-383 pp, small paper repair at tp. Vol 2, [4], [1], 2-386 pp, [21] adverts. No inscriptions, both half titles present, text block edges uncut, minimal edge browning, paper watermarked WS. (ESTC T105289. Allibone 163). Belsham, political writer and historian, confined himself largely to political narrative, depending heavily on published parliamentary debates and sources in print, but he wrote soberly, pursuing an impeccably radical whig and dissenting line. See ODNB.
