Paul RAPIN DE THOYRAS
Dissertation sur les Whigs et les Torys
[Dissertation on the Whigs and the Tories]
Chez Charles Le Vier|The Hague 1717|9.2 x 16.5 cm|Relié
First edition, cf Conlon 17:710. Quérard VII, 455 ("Cette Dissertation est très-estimée").
Full marbled blond calf, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments decorated with gilt bees, red morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillet on board edges, mottled edges, contemporary binding.
Lower corner rubbed, endpapers partially browned.
Notable treatise on the two great English political parties, their history, development, and respective positions.
€1,000