Elements of General History; translated from the French of the Abbé Millot

Worcester, Mass: Isaiah Thomas, 1789. Hardcover. Very Good -. First American Edition. 5 volumes: v. 1: xx, 563, [1] p.; v. 2: xii, 571, [1] p.; v. 3: xxii, 429 p.; v. 4: xiv, 518, [2] p.; v. 5: x, 500 p; 21 cm. (8vo) Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Volumes 1 and 2 (Ancient History) have green leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; volumes 3, 4, and 5 (Modern History) have red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. The latter also have blind-rolled decoration on board edges. Woodcut headpieces and initials. Early American imprints, 1st ser. (Evans) 21965 and 21966. Vol. 2, p. iii misnumbered ii. Front free endpaper of volumes 1 and 3 have inscriptions by William B. Sewall indicating that he purchased them in 1799. "Sewall" written on both front endpapers of vol. 2, front fixed endpaper of other volumes, and at head of vol. 5 title page. Written on front free endpaper of vol. 5: "W.B. Sewall's bot of College Government." All five volumes of the first American edition, rarely found together. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed; front joint of vol. 1 starting at tail; front free endpaper of vol. 1 detached but present; loss at head of spine on vol. 5; foxing and occasional soiling; ink stains, primarily along fore-edges of some pages in vol. 1. A solid set in original binding.