Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern by Alexander Fraser Tytler, Francis Nichols, New York 1818, with Maps, Full Leather

Alexander Fraser Tytler's classic history of the world from ancient times through the modern era, based on his lectures as Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh, with a table of chronology running through the Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of New Orleans. Why it's special: an early American printing, New York, 1818, with maps and additions and an early 1820s owner's inscription. Full leather binding.