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Title: [Review of the History of Great Britain]
Alternative Title: Hume's review of Henry's History of England. 1773
Review of new publications.
Creator: Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Contributor: Stuart, Gilbert, 1742-1786.
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: [1773]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Printed proof with manuscript annotations and corrections.
Scope/Content: Bound in volume with autograph signed letter from Hume to Gilbert Stuart, dated 23 December 1773.
Scope/Content: Printed proof sheets of David Hume's 1773 review of Robert Henry's History of Great Britain for the Edinburgh Magazine and Review, with Hume's manuscript edits and corrections. Bound with a letter from Hume to publisher Gilbert Stuart, this review was ultimately rejected and a scathing review by Stuart published in its place.
Condition: Bound in brown morocco with gold stamping.
Bibliography: Mossner, E. Hume as literary patron. (In Modern philology, Vol. 39, 1942) : p. 361-382.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Page proofs (Printing)--Scotland--18th century.
Extent: [10] leaves, bound ; 22 cm.
Identifier: ark:/21198/n12c7s
MS.1927.002
Language: eng
Subject: Books--Reviews--18th century.
Henry, Robert, 1718-1790. History of Great Britain. 1773.
Place: Scotland--Edinburgh
Location: CLUW

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