Author: Burnet, Gilbert & Burnet, Sir Thimas [editor]
Title: Bishop Burnet’s History Of His Own Time From The Restoration Of King Charles II To The Conclusion Of The Treaty Of Peace At Utrecht, In The Reign Of Queen Anne. To Which Is Prefixed, A Summary Recapitulation Of Affairs In Church And State, From King James I To The Restoration In The Year 1660. Together With The Author's Life, And Some Explanatory Notes By The Editor, His Son, Late One Of The Judges Of His Majesty’s Court Of The Common Plea - The Whole Revised And Corrected By Him [ 4 volumes complete ]
Description: printed for T Davies, in Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1766, 3rd edition. Full contemporary speckled Calf, G+. 4 volumes, lxxxiv+566+[vi]pp, [viii]+583pp, [vii]+484pp, [viii]+486+[69]pp, portrait frontis of Burnet ( by Simon François Ravenet after Sarah Hoadly ) to volume I, index to the whole in vol IV, both boards detached ( with the upper board supplied from another volume ) to volume I, lower hinge to vol II weak, leather rubbed along the edges & with the lettering pieces defective, some pages tanned & yellowed, margins of the frontis & pp1 of vol III water stained, a fair set. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The third edition of Burnet's history of England from the Glorious Revolution ( with a summary of the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth in vol I ) and continuing to 1713. Burnet writes in a lively and picturesque style & with a sincere desire for accuracy and fairness. Burnet was an eyewitness to the events he describes. Gilbert Burnet [ 1643 - 1715 ] Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. The book also contains (vol.4 p.[463]-486) Roger Flexman's 'A chronological and distinct account of the works of.. Gilbert Burnet'.

Keywords: history, english civil war, english history, commonwealth, restoration