Rare historical almanach about the history of the revolution in 1784 in North America. Illustrated with seventeen fine engravings related to the revolution in 1784 in North America, designed by Daniel Chodowiecki and probably all engraved by Berger, further illustrated with a folded fine engraved hand colored map of the United States drawn by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann after William Faden the Younger. Among the seventeen fine engravings by Chodowiecki we find one of the earliest engravings showing the flag of the United States. These fine engravings were engraved by Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801). The almanach is also including the rare plate with the portraits of General Washington, General Gates, Dr. Franklin, Henry Laurens (President of the Continental Congress after John Hancock) and Paul Jones; among the other engravings is the scene of the ,Boston Tea Party', the protest for the ,Stamp Act' in Boston August 1764, etc. Daniel N. Chodowiecki was a Polish—and later German—painter and printmaker with Huguenot ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher. He spent most of his life in Berlin, and became the director of the Berlin Academy of Art. Marbeled soft card board covered of the period. All engravings are hand colored in the period when published. Some of the engravings of the first section of book with marginal waterstains, which affected two of the engravings slightly more. A very rare almanach describing the noteworthy news for 1784 with a history of the revolution in North America. Very rare.

8 Bll. (inkl. Titel), 438 S., 8 Bll. (Index), 2 gefaltete Kupferradierungen. Eine Kupferradierung des Lagers vor Ingolstadt im Schmalkaldener Krieg ist eingebunden auf Seite 54 und eine weitere Kupferradierung,Caroli V. Caes. Post Albin Svperatvm cum Ion. Faederico conflictus An.o. 1547' auf Seite 254, die die Schlacht von Mühlberg mit den Spaniern zeigt, die mit Schwertern im Mund über die Elbe schwimmen. Beschrieben unter Kat. 5 im Buch,Bilddokumente der Stadt Ingolstadt 1519-1930' herausgegeben von Siegfried Hofmann und Wilhelm Reissmüller.

4 leaves, XIV pp., 330 pp., engraved title-vignette, coat of arms and 3 engraved vignettes in text (1 by Ingram after Cochin, 1 by Schenk), 35 (of which 33 are folded) engravings and maps, mostly by de Bakker and Marstaller. Illustrated with a large folded world map by Bellin (published in this edition for the first time), 1 folded map of the Philippines, maps and views of Feuerland, the Robinson-Crusoe Island Juan Fernandes, scenes of ships, etc. 'This famous and unfortunate expedition, consisting at the start of eight ships, was sent under the command of George Anson at the beginning of the war with Spain, to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America. Seven ships were lost around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chili and out of 900 men who left England on board more than 600 perished. As usual scurvy took an appealling toll. The primary object of the expedition was not attained, but by the capture of the Manila Galleon near China, Anson and the surviving members of his crew reached England much the richer. As with many a ship before and after, the island of Juan Fernandez proved a blessing in restoring scurvy-stricken men to health... Walter's account of the voyage is a model of what such literature should be' (Cox).