Rapin De Thoyras, Paul (1661-1725)

Histoire D'Angleterre [10 Vols. Complete]

      Chez Alexandre de Rogissart, MDCCXXIV MDCCXXVII, 1724-1727. Fine First Edition. A magnificent set, complete in 10 quarto volumes, of Rapin de Thoyras's magisterial history of England from the period of the Roman invasion to the death of Charles I. In the original bindings, with all superbly engraved portraits, maps and royal genealogical tables, many folding. Vol. I: [8], xxxvi, [4: list of subscribers], 526, [2]pp, with a finely engraved title-page vignette depicting Clio and Time, with Britain's native inhabitants in the background landscape, designed and engraved by F. M. La Cave, a portrait of Rapin de Thoyras, map of Roman Britain, portrait of Ecbert le Grand, Saxon chronological table, portraits of Alfred the Great and Canut the Great, and 7 genealogy tables; Vol. II: [4], 538pp, with a genealogy table of William the Conquer, portrait of William the Conquer, and a folding map of Great Britain and Ireland; Vol. III: [4], 506pp, with 2 genealogy tables, of the Scottish line from Malcolm II and from Edward II, portraits of Edward III, Edward Prince of France, and Henry V, and folding map of Great Britain and Ireland; Vol. IV: [4], 557pp, with a genealogy table of Edward III and James I, folding map of Great Britain and Ireland; Vol. V: [4], 496pp, with genealogy tables of Edward III and James I; Vol. VI: [4], 471pp, with genealogy tables of Edward III and James I. Vol. VII: [4], 496pp, with genealogy tables of Edward III and James I and a portrait of Rapin de Thoyras (absent from the list of portraits); Vol. VIII: [4], xii, 724pp, with a genealogy table of James I; Vol. IX: [4], 584pp; Vol. X: [4], 512, 232pp. The plates comprise 8 portraits of kings and persons of note, 15 genealogy tables of the nobility of England and Scotland and 5 folding maps (of Britannia Romana; of Britannica Saxonica; of England, Scotland and Ireland; and of France after Claude de L'Isle, 1644-1720). Uniformly bounds in full French speckled calf, the spines richly gilt in six compartments divided by raised bands, with a red morocco lettering piece in