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Title
The history of Europe
Published
London Printed for J. Dodsley ... 1779
Description
1-236* p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
052 A615 1778
Note
L2020F1
Ms. notes by John Manley on front & back pastedown, front & back free endpapers: his angry reaction to the reporting of the divisive Battle of Ushant, "Nothing shows the partiality of the compiler of this Register so strongly as their omitting to take notice of the above transaction both in historical part in the chronicle, as nothing that happened in the whole course of the war, was more critical at the time or occasioned more heat and animosity ..."; also included: a table showing a list of the English and French fleets with the number of guns; "List of the killed and wounded in the action with the French fleet, July 27, 1778"; a letter to the London Gazette from August 1778, "Victory at sea, July 30, 1778" (official account of the battle which suggests that the French fleet were "so beaten ... that they took the advantage of the night to go off ... & noting that the commanding officers "deserve much commendation ..." for their actions.
Armorial bookplate with motto (Manus Haec Inimica Tyrannis): John Manley Esqr.
Ms. notes by John Manley on front & back pastedown, front & back free endpapers: his angry reaction to the reporting of the divisive Battle of Ushant, "Nothing shows the partiality of the compiler of this Register so strongly as their omitting to take notice of the above transaction both in historical part in the chronicle, as nothing that happened in the whole course of the war, was more critical at the time or occasioned more heat and animosity ..."; also included: a table showing a list of the English and French fleets with the number of guns; "List of the killed and wounded in the action with the French fleet, July 27, 1778"; a letter to the London Gazette from August 1778, "Victory at sea, July 30, 1778" (official account of the battle which suggests that the French fleet were "so beaten ... that they took the advantage of the night to go off ... & noting that the commanding officers "deserve much commendation ..." for their actions.
Armorial bookplate with motto (Manus Haec Inimica Tyrannis): John Manley Esqr.
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