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HUME, David & Tobias Smollett.
The History of England,
from The Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes. A New Edition, Corrected. To which is added, a Complete Index. Dublin: by James Williams, 1780; [with] The History of England, from The Revolution to the Death of George the Second. (Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History.) In Five Volumes. A New Edition, with the author's last corrections and improvements.
A very handsome set in fine condition. Hume's History was first published in 1754-62, Smollett's continuation in 1758.
Together 13 volumes, octavo (Hume 221 × 140 mm; Smollett 208 × 127 mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, smooth spines with red and green labels, decoratively gilt in compartments, sides, board-edges and turn-ins ruled in gilt with decorative rolls, comb-marbled endpapers. A very handsome set in fine condition.
