Author: Hume, David.
Title: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry VII (2 vols.); Under the House of Tudor (2 vols.); The Reigns of James I. and Charles I; The Commonwealth and The Reigns of Charles II and James II.
Description: London printed for A. Millar ... [Volume 5 only Printed] Edinburgh ... by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill ..., 1762 [1]-59-54-57. 1st Editions. Sm. 4to. Half titles present in volumes 1, 2, 3. early manuscript note tipped in facing the half title of volume 1., pp.359/6 of volume 6 lacking leading corner, some light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, minor marking and wear, some cracking to firm joints, dec. gilt motifs with gilt rule edged raised bands and green and red title labels to spines, sl. loss to head of last four volumes and to tail of volume 6. ¶ First two volumes: ESTC T82467 ‘With a half-title to each volume, and a final errata leaf in vol. 2. Vol. 1 appeared in fact in 1761. In later editions the contents were incorporated into the 'The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to ... 1688.'’ Second Two volumes ESTC T85928; Fifth volume ESTC T82483; Sixth volume ESTC T82481. ‘... As a whole, The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, as the complete enterprise was known from 1762, was a remarkable testimony to the coherence of English history across its entire period, despite the evident changes which had occurred in its form of government. But the change of title was an acknowledgement that the same story could not be written of Great Britain, or indeed of Scotland ...’

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