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AUCTION 50: ANTIQUE MILITARIA, FALL 2024
Lot 182:
‘Histoire de la Rebellion, et des Guerres Civiles d’Angleterre’ or ‘History of the Rebellion and the Civil Wars of England’ is an important work by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, detailing the history of the English Civil Wars up to the reestablishment of the monarchy under Charles II. Clarendon himself was a key player in the Civil Wars, being involved personally with many of the events detailed in the books, as well as being a close advisor of Charles II, whose brother, the future King James VII & II, married Clarendon’s daughter Anne. This series was the first major history of the English Civil Wars written by someone who had actually participated in them directly.
This is the complete 6 volume set of the series bound in leather and containing frontispiece engravings of the author at the beginning of each volume. This edition was published in French between 1704-1709 by the Dutch publisher Meyndert Uytwerf in The Hague, Netherlands.
Vol 1: 410 pp.; Vol 2: 674 pp.; Vol 3: 663 pp.; Vol 4: 724 pp.; Vol 5: 656 pp.; Vol 6: 740 pp.; 6 Engravings.
The Hague, Netherlands – 1704-1709
6 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1 5/8 in., (16.5 x 10.8 x 4.1 cm.)
Condition: Good overall with expected wear from age and use. Boards still attached with wear to the hinges. Headband detached on vol 1. Expected foxing.
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