The History Of England, From The Invasion Of Julius C?sar To The Revolution In 1688.
£500.00
Publisher
Printed by A, Strahan, Printers Street, for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand.
Place
London
Date
1802
Synopsis
By david hume, esq. a new edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements. to which is prefixed, a short account of his life, written by himself. vols. i - viii.
Item Description
EIGHT VOLUMES. 8vo. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Total pagination, 4101 (including preliminaries). Average of 512 pages per volume. Bound in contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards with ink spine titles. Rough cut edges. Age related wear and darkening to extremities, including board edges and corners. Scattered foxing, including flyleaves; otherwise a very good copy in its contemporary state. Illustrated by 29 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece; a portrait for each ruler after the Conquest, including Cromwell. A later Cadell eight volume edition of The History of England by David Hume, first published in six volumes, 1754-61, The later sections, leading up to the Revolution of 1688 were published first as The History of Great Britain, and the author took the history back in subsequent volumes. Although Hume's interpretation of English history was controversial, the work was also considered by many to be the standard history of its period and proved to be a best seller for the renowned Scottish philosopher and historian, appearing in numerous later editions. This 1802 edition includes at the beginning, The Life of David Hume, written by himself dated 1776. The principal arrangement is by monarch with occasional general sections on the government of England, etc. Notes are at the end of each volume except Volume VIII which contains a general index of 110 pages.
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