The History of England, from the Earliest Dawn of Authentic Record, to the Ultimate Ratification of the General Peace at Amiens in 1802

George Courtney Lyttleton

Edité par J. Stratford 1802-1803, London, 1802

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The first edition of this copiously engraved history of England, up until the Treaty of Amiens. The scarce complete first edition of George Courtney Lyttleton's History of England.Complete in three volumes.In half calf bindings, with red morocco spine labels and marbled boards.A comprehensive history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar all the way up until the Treaty of Amiens in 1802 and the subsequent war in 1803. With a focus on English monarchs and political history, detailing the battles, uprisings and reigns seen through the periods of William II, Henry III, Edward I, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and their successors.Embellished with engraved portraits and views throughonut.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-six plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-three plates.Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps and thirty-three plates.Collated, lacking one folding map and additional engraved vignette title pages.Little is known about Lyttleton, and this is his best known work. In half calf bindings, with red morocco spine labels and marbled boards.Externally, with fading to the spines and rubbing to the extremities. Spots to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spotting, mostly found to the endpapers and plates. Loss to lower outer corner of signature S1, not affecting text. Good.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The History of England, from the Earliest Dawn of Authentic Record, to the Ultimate Ratification of the General Peace at Amiens in 1802
• Éditeur: J. Stratford 1802-1803, London
• Date de parution: 1802
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: Not Stated
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• Type de livre: book