Book Details
| Author: | Hume, David: |
| Title: | The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688. |
| Published: | Dublin: United Company of Booksellers, 1775, 1776. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 07 - History |
| Description: | In Eight Volumes. A New Edition, Corrected. To Which is Added, a Complete Index. Vol I - 407 pp, Contents include - The Anglo-Saxon Government and Manners, William the Conqueror, William Rufus, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Ireland; Vol II - 417 pp, Contents include - Richard I, John, Feudal and Anglo-Norman Government and Manners, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, ; Vol III - 375 pp, Contents include - Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edward V & Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII; Vol IV - 385 pp, Contents - Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary; Vol V - 434 pp, Contents - Elizabeth; Vol VI - 480 pp, Contents - James I, Charles I; Vol VII - 427 pp, Contents - The Commonwealth, Charles II; Vol VIII - 268 pp, Contents - James II + unpaginated index. All Vols text clean but musty smell. Damp staining on eps of Vols VI & VII. Vol IV - Single insect hole through entire text and several holes through approx last 80 pages. Vol V - 2 insect holes running through text at top of page. Vol VIII - Some insect damage intermittently in text. Bound in full contemporary tan leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Bindings sound. Spines chipped at tops and bottoms but especially bottom of spine of Vol VI which is rubbed away. Surfaces of boards, edges and corners well scuffed and rubbed. Some hinges cracking in places. Internally VG. Overall condition Good. |
| Book Number: | #7203 |
| Price: | € 350.00 |
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