Dissertation sur les whigs et les torys
by RAPIN DE THOYRAS, [Paul de]
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About This Item
A La Haye: Chez Charles le Vier, 1717. [8], 162pp. Title in red and black. Contemporary calf, gilt. Without lettering-piece, rubbed, joints starting, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, light damp-staining and occasional spots of foxing throughout, loss to bottom margin of B2, not affecting text. From the library of Hugh Selbourne, with small ink-stamps to verso of title and occasionally to margins. The work of French Protestant historian Paul de Rapin, Sieur de Thoyras (1661-1725), who, having been exiled to England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes wrote, under English patronage, his monumental L'Histoire d'Angleterre (1724-1727) from which this essay on the two primary political parties of the age has been extracted. . 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ13388
- Title
- Dissertation sur les whigs et les torys
- Author
- RAPIN DE THOYRAS, [Paul de]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chez Charles le Vier
- Place of Publication
- A La Haye
- Date Published
- 1717
- Keywords
- Politics
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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