Histoire veritable & secrette des vies & des regnes de tous les rois & reines d'Angleterre : depuis Guillaume I. surnommé le Conquerant, jusqu'a la fin du regne de la reine Anne. Où l'on a joint un abregé de l'histoire generale de chaque regne tirée principalment des manuscrits originaux, des meilleurs memoires anecdotes, & historiens authentiques. Traduite de l'anglois ...

Author/Creator:

Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716.

Standardized Title:

True secret history of the lives and reigns of all the kings and queens of England. French

Other Title:

Histoire veritable et secrette des vies et des regnes de tous les rois et reines d'Angleterre

Publication:

A Amsterdam : Chez les Wetsteins & Smith., MDCCXXIX. [1729]

Format/Description:

Book
3 v., [3] plates ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Subjects:

Great Britain -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800.

Notes:

A translation of: The true secret history of the lives and reigns of all the kings and queens of England.
Attributed to John Somers, Baron Somers--cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
Title pages in red and black.
The frontispiece in each volume is identical.
Title vignettes, initials, head and tailpieces.
Includes index.

Local notes:

Athenaeum copy: Three volumes in one archival box.
Athenaeum copy: Conservation by the Florence Gould Foundation.
Athenaeum copy: Flyleaf of v. 1 inscribed: "Presented by Jacob M. Douglass to the Athenaeum." Vols. 2-3 inscribed: "Jacob M. Douglass 1833."

Contributor:

Wetstein, Jacobus, active 1727-1777 , Bookseller
Wetstein, Rudolf, active 1701-1736 , Bookseller

OCLC:

40880751

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