The History of England.

"Great Britain is, without contradiction, the largest, finest, and most considerable land in Europe: Nay, one might venture to affirm, she holds the first rank among all the isles of the known world": Second edition of Nichoals Tindal's English translation of Paul de Rapin's monumental History of England

The History of England.

THOYRAS, Rapin de [Paul de Rapin]. Translated into English with Additional Notes by Nicholas Tindal.

Item Number: 116744

London: Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1732.

Second edition of Tindal’s translation of Paul de Rapin’s monumental history of England. Folio, Volume I., bound in full contemporary calf, illustrated with engraved folding maps and genealogical charts, headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. In good condition.

French historian Paul de Rapin's History of England as an influential exposition of the Whig view of history on both sides of the English Channel. Initially published in French, all volumes of his work were translated to English in a total of 14 volumes from 1727 by the Reverend Nicolas Tindal who added large numbers of informative notes throughout the volumes, which were illustrated with engravings, maps and genealogical tables of great quality.

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