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The history of the United States of America

Title
The history of the United States of America / with a continuation, including the presidencies of Pierce and Buchanan, by Charles Mackay ; illustrated with steel engravings and coloured maps.
Publication
London ; New York : James S. Virtue, [ca. 1863]

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Additional Authors
  • Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889.
  • Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.
  • Woodward, B. B. (Bernard Bolingbroke), 1816-1869.
  • Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905.
  • Warren, Henry, 1794-1879.
  • Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
  • Edwards, W. Joseph, active 1843-1867.
  • Armytage, James Charles, 1802-1897.
  • Hunt, T. W., active 1850-1863.
Description
2 v. : ill., col. maps, ports.; 27 cm.
Alternative Title
  • History of the United States of America, continued to the Southern secession
  • History of the United States
Subjects
Note
  • Issued in 8 pts. Title pages and other preliminaries in pt. 8.
  • Based on: The history of the United States of North America / by W.H. Bartlett ; continued by B.B. Woodward (New York : G. Virtue & Co., [1856?], which was an expanded ed. of Bartlett's The history of the United States of America (London ; New York : George Virtue, [1853?].
  • Vol. 1: [2], iv, 816 p., [38] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: vi, 772 p., [42] leaves of plates.
  • Illustrations: 66 prints (incl. added title pages) : etching, engraving ; full-page (65) or larger (1). By W.J. Edwards, J.C. Armytage, T.W. Hunt and others, after E.H. Corbould, W.H. Bartlett, H. Warren and others. Some ports. are after daguerreotypes by Brady. -- 7 double-page col. maps.
  • Each pt. (div.) issued bound in deep red cloth, blind-stamped and gilt. Publisher's advertisements (7, [1] p.) at end of pt. 1.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Mackay, C. History 1863) 04-287
OCLC
NYPG04-B4681
Title
The history of the United States of America / with a continuation, including the presidencies of Pierce and Buchanan, by Charles Mackay ; illustrated with steel engravings and coloured maps.
Imprint
London ; New York : James S. Virtue, [ca. 1863]
Local Note
Provenance: Thomas Burgess, Morton Villa, Brighouse; Alfred Illingworth, Daisy Bank (bookplates).
Arents copy partly unopened.
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Added Author
Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. History of the United States of North America.
Woodward, B. B. (Bernard Bolingbroke), 1816-1869.
Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905. Illustrator
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. Illustrator
Warren, Henry, 1794-1879. Illustrator
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896. Illustrator
Edwards, W. Joseph, active 1843-1867. Engraver
Armytage, James Charles, 1802-1897. Engraver
Hunt, T. W., active 1850-1863. Engraver
Burgess, Thomas. Former owner
Illingworth, Alfred. Former owner
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Mackay, C. History 1863) 04-287
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