A compleat and authentick history of the rise, progress, and extinction of the late rebellion : and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein

A compleat and authentick history of the rise, progress, and extinction of the late rebellion : and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein

Succinct history of the rebellion|The true patriot.

[1st ed.]

London : Printed for M. Cooper ..., 1747.

[4], 155 [i.e. 163], [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : plan ; 21 cm. (8vo)

L2014F46 1747

(OCoLC)02897531

Title (contd.): Containing a clear and impartial narrative of the intrigues of the Pretender's adherents before the breaking out of their design in North-Britain; their proceedings after their taking Arms; their Actions in that Part of the Island before they marched Southwards; their March to Derby, and true Reasons of their Retreat; the Dispute at Falkirk, and Motives of their transferring the War into the Highlands; with the principal Causes of their Defeat at Culloden. Intersporsed with the Characters of their Chic-Leaders, and a curious Detail of their Negotiations abroad. The whole composed with the greatest Accuracy possible in regard in Fact and Dates, and free from all Mixture of fictitious Circumstances, or ill-grounded Conjectures.
Running title: A succinct history of the rebellion.
Signatures: pi2 A-V4 X2.
Numbers 9-16 repeated in paging.
Based on Henry Fielding's detailed account published weekly in "The true patriot."
Library copy lacks a plate.

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