HUME, David; PREVOST, Antoine François (trans.). History of - Lot 229

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HUME, David; PREVOST, Antoine François (trans.). History of - Lot 229
HUME, David; PREVOST, Antoine François (trans.). History of the House of Stuart on the Throne of England. By Mr. Hume. Volume one [- sixth], London: [S. n.], 1766. 6 volumes in 6 volumes in-12 (17x10 cm) of [4], IV, 391, [1, bl.] pp. (volume 1) ; [4], IV, 420 p. (volume 2) ; [4], IV, 466 p. (vol. 3); [4], IV, 371, [1, bl.] (vol. 4); [4], VIII, 503, [1, bl.] (vol. 5); [4], IV, 455, [1, bl.] p., title in red and black. Full marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, long spine decorated with gilt fleurons, red morocco title-pieces, blue spotted edges. Beautifully bound in a very well preserved period style, the body of the text and binding still fresh. One of the best histories of England published in the 18th century. The translation is by Abbé Prévost, on the last English edition. This History... is part of the vast History of England, from the invasion of Julius Cesar, to the Revolution in 1688, in which Hume offers his history of the houses of the Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts.
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