1758-60 A Complete History of England

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

In eight volumes of eleven, lacking Volumes I, II, and VII.

A mixed set of the second and third edition of this important work.

This work is a thorough history of England, documenting from the descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle in 1748, over roughly one thousand eight hundred and three years. The history focuses on the important events over the years, looking at each monarch and how they ruled, as well as looking at the lives of their people.

Volume III, the second edition, published 1758, with four plates. Collated, bound without one plate.

Volume IV, the third edition, published 1758, with four plates. Collated, complete.

Volume V, the third edition, published 1758, with eight plates. Collated, complete. 

Volume VI, the third edition, published 1759, with twenty-three plates. Collated, complete.

Volume VIII, the third edition, published 1759, with sixteen plates. Collated, complete. 

Volume IX, the third edition, published 1759, with eleven plates. Collated, complete. 

Volume X, the third edition, published 1759, with twenty-one plates. Collated, bound without one plate.

Volume XI, the third edition, published in 1760, with eighteen plates. Collated, complete. 
 
Written by the Scottish poet and novelist Tobias Smollett. He his best known for his novels 'Roderick Random', 'Peregrine Pickle', and 'Humphry Clinker'. Smollett considered his 'History' to be his greatest works, as this was the work for which he received real financial success. During the time he was writing his 'History' he served a brief prison sentence for libel.