1820 5 Vols The History of England, from the Revolution to the Death of George II. (Designed as a Continuation of Mr Hume’s History)

Description

Leather Binding

In a full calf binding. 

Complete in five volumes.

Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Collated, complete. 

First published in 1757–1765, these volumes are a continuation of David Hume’s History of England. 

Tobias Smollett’s five-volume History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George II covers the period 1688–1760, tracing the reigns of William III, Anne, George I and George II with close attention to political conflict, party rivalry, war, diplomacy and finance.

Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) was a Scottish novelist, historian and satirist, best known for Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle and Humphry Clinker.