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COMPLETE WITH 51 MAPS AND PLATES (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Russell, William. The History of America, from its Discovery by Columbus to the Conclusion of the Late War. 2 volumes. 17 maps, 34 plates, most fine with some offsetting or browning, 2 with substantial closed tears. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked with original labels laid down; endpapers renewed, discreet inked number stamps on verso of title pages, rear hinge split on Volume II; ex-libris plates of Artemas Ward in front pastedown, library plates on rear pastedowns. London, 1778
first edition. The first volume is largely devoted to Latin America, and the second to North America. The "late war" of the title is actually the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. However, this edition is updated with a lengthy "Appendix to the History of America." Most of the 220 appendix pages are devoted to the early years of the American Revolution, which was seen as a struggle to determine "whether France or Great Britain shall give law to America" (629). Adams, American Controversy 78-94a; Howes R539; Sabin 74383.
