Thomas BURNETT

First edition illustrated with 17 portraits in medallions by Bernard Picart after various painters including Van Dyck, including the frontispiece. 4 title pages in red and black. The first volume was translated by La Pilonnière, the translator of the second is unknown; this first volume had appeared in 1725 under the title: Histoire des dernières révolutions d'Angleterre.
Foreign (English?) contemporary binding in full marbled tawny sheep. Spine with raised bands very richly decorated. Red morocco title-label, decorated tan morocco volume label. A lack in the first compartment of volume I. Tail headcap of volume II worn with a lack in the compartment. Some wormholes. Scratches on some boards. Some corners slightly bumped. Despite the mentioned defects, a very handsome copy, fresh internally.
The volumes contain the history of the reign of Charles II and what preceded it, the history of James II, the history of William III and Mary II, the history of the reign of Anne I, followed by Réflexions sur l'histoire qui précède and La vie de Gilbert Burnet.

First edition.
Full cardboard Bradel binding from the late 19th century covered with marbled paper. Red morocco title label (rubbed). Conversations between a philologist, a country squire and a minister of the English church on the affairs of England, notably internal affairs between Whigs and Tories and the war against Holland. The wise and measured discourse of the philologist combats stereotypes and common sense, in brief the multiple unfounded opinions of the English people. 18th-century armorial bookplate: Majorat de Meuselwitz.