(Grande-Bretagne) — Horn, Georgius.- Rerum Britannicarum. Libri septem, quibus res in Anglia, Scotia, Hibernia [...]. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden], ex officina Francisci Hackii, 1648. In-8° : [16]-368 pp. (small marginal stains in the beginning, some...
Estimation :
200 / 250
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
very small tears in the margins, light marginal damsptains in the second half). Dutch contemporary binding : vellum with visible sewing and small flaps, flat spine with title with pen (notice of catalogue and handwritten notes on the upper pastedown). First and unique edition of this contemporary account, from 1645 to 1646, of The First English Civil War (1642-1646). This is the first of the three conflicts forming the English Civil War, series of conflicts and political machinations between the Parliamentaries and the Royalists. The Second and Third English Civil Wars took place in 1648-1649 and 1649-1651. The German historian Horn (1620-1670) was professor of history at the University of Leiden. # not in Brunet nor in Graesse. Provenance : M. Tydeman, 1793 Kamp. Dec. (handwritten mention). Édition originale et unique de la relation, de 1645 à 1646, de la Première Révolution anglaise (1642- 1646), par l'historien allemand Horn. Plein vélin de l'ép. (qqs pet. taches au début, claires mouill. marg. dans la 2,moitié).
