Sketches of Universal History, Sacred and Profane. From the Creation of the World, to the Year 1818, of the Christian Era. In Three Parts. With an Appendix and a Chronological Table of Contents. Second Edition, Corrected by the Author

Hartford: Cooke & Hale, 1819. Second edition (revised). 12mo. Contemporary full sheep with red leather spine label; iv,407pp; frontispiece and two unnumbered leaves of wood-engraved plates. Front free endpaper torn, with upper portion lacking; else a tight, sound copy in a well-preserved contemporary binding with expected aging to text; Very Good.

An unremarkable world history, beginning with the Creation and ending with the Battle of Waterloo; however among the three engraved plates is an attractive inaugural portrait of George Washington. S&S 47480.