HUME, David.
The history of England,
from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688.
Description
5 volumes bound in 11, folio, comprising 10 vols of text (43 x 33 cm), and plate vol (47.5 x 34 cm), with the publisher's extra title pages as required, 194 (of 197) fine engraved plates by Bartolozzi, Fuseli, Hodges, Loutherbourg, Rigaud, Smirke, Westall, Wheatley, and others, light foxing to plates, occasional light scattered foxing to vol 4, text vols in nineteenth century red half morocco gilt, spines in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth, others gilt, raised bands, marbled sides, carmine edges, plate vol. in full red morocco gilt, a fine fresh set.
Bibliography
Brunet III:377 ('Magnifique édition'). Lowndes, 1139.
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