The History of England, From The Earliest Times to the Death of George II (complete in 4 vols.)
by GOLDSMITH, Oliver
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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THIRD ENLARGED EDITION. Octavos. Vol.1: (viii) 384pp. (+ 23 pages of index). Vol.2: 420pp. (+ 28 pages of index). Vol.3: 454pp. (+ 22 pages of index). Vol.4: 412pp. (+ 23 pages of index). Full Contemporary brown calf boards with raised bands and red and black morocco labels in the compartment spines. This is Goldsmith's comprehensive retelling of the history of England starting from the Celtic pre-Roman period through 1760. Using earlier sources such as "Rapin, Carte, Smollett and Hume", the author's stated aim is to create a work find a balance between the overly literary and the more dry "stiffness of an index". Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). (Wikipedia).A clean very good set which displays no previous signs of ownership such as bookplates or inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 075
- Title
- The History of England, From The Earliest Times to the Death of George II (complete in 4 vols.)
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by T. Becket, T. Cadwell, and T. Evans, Stran; G. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, Pater-noster Row, F. Newbery; Ludgate-stre
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1779
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English History
- Size
- 8vo
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