Two large fore-edge paintings of Paris
The history of the Anglo-Saxons ... Second edition, corrected and enlarged
London: Longman, Hurst [et al.], 1807. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. x, 499; vii, [1], 472, [8]; large hand-colored folding map in volume I; contemporary red straight-gran morocco, gilt floral border enclosing a blind-stamped panel central on all covers; bindings a bit rubbed, otherwise very good. With two unsigned, early 20th century fore-edge paintings, the first of the Pont Louis XVI from Port Royal, Paris; and the second showing Port Royal from the Pont Louis XVI. Very attractive. The first and most distinguished portion of Turner's History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Elizabeth, originally published in four volumes 1799-1805. Turner was the first to write a history of England using original source material from Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, and the first to make use of dictionaries, catalogues and grammars that had been compiled earlier in the 18th century. "His work first occupied a great field. He not only felt an enthusiasm for the subject, but he had a genuine power of presentation … and, in addition to the respect of such scholars as Hallam and Southey, he won the abiding interest of Scott, and later of Tennyson" (DNB). Item #35883
Price: $1,800.00
