Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, 1871, Universal Reference, history, geography +++
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: for Universal Reference With a Supplement Bringing the History of the World Down to the End of 1870 by Benjamin vincent Publisher: Edward Moxon and Co., 1871, 13th edition. Bound in half leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Titles and decorations in gilt on the spine. A wonderful reference book, opening at random, I find entries on forks and their origin, the Mithridatic War, Rubidium, Gutta Percha, Guy's Hospital, Manassas Junction, and Executions, which last includes a long list of executions of remarkable criminals, arranged in date order. 22cm, 8.75 inches, tall, vii, plus 5pp tables, 851 pages, plus 56 page supplement, plus 1p corrections.
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