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A guide to the knowledge of publick affairs, both foreign and domestick : being a curious miscellany, wherein will be occasionally explained whatever relates to the several potentates in the world, ... Also an account of the several orders of knighthood, of the various religions, sects and parties, of the chief ministers of state, ... The whole making a compleat series of modern history: a work never before attempted in English.

Other author/creatorPote, Joseph, 1704-1787 publisher.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for J[oseph]. Pote, at the lower end of Suffolk-Street, Charing-Cross; and sold by J. Roberts at the Oxford Arms in arwick-Lane, and the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1728.
Description1 volume (4 unnumbered pages, 353, 1 unnumbered page) ; 18 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
General noteThe Bookseller's preface, signed J.P. (i.e. Joseph Pote) and dated 4 May 1728, indicates that the author was a foreigner, and that the work was originally published in parts.
General noteImprint includes year of publication.
General notePagination is continuous from issue to issue.
General notePublished to create both a modern history and an account of current political events.
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6312.
Special numberingVolume lacks designation; dated from imprint.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Title history noteCollects weekly issues of: A guide to the knowledge of publick affairs.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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