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The Naval History Of Great Britain
Commencing With The Earliest Period Of History, And Continued To The Expedition Against Algiers, Under The Command Of Lord Exmouth, In 1816
Including The History And Lives Of The British Admirals
by
Dr. John Campbell
Comprising Also
Biographical Sketches of the Admirals and Other Naval Officers Omitted by Dr. John Campbell Or Who Have Distinguished Themselves Since the Time of That Author
Illustrated
With Portraits, Maps, Plans of Important Actions, &c
Dedicated by Permission, To His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
In 8 Volumes.
Hardcover. 8vo.. Published by Baldwyn and Co, et al, London, UK. 1818. xxiii + 539, 538, 531, 529, 502, 476, 485, 504 +26 pp. Illustrated with many copper engraved illustrations and folding maps.
Rebound in plain blue cloth. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
A comprehensive naval history of Great Britain first published in the 1740s, which remained in print in various forms until the late nineteenth century. Campbell was quite admired by Dr. Johnson.
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
| inches | cm | |||||
| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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