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The History of the Revolution in Portugal in the Year 1640. Or An Account of their Revolt from Spain and setting the Crown on the Head of Don John of Braganza Father to Don Pedro the Present King and Catharine Queen Dowager of England
1700réf. 1008Y21London: Mat. Gilliflower Tim. Goodwin Mat. Wotton Richar. Parker and Benj. Tooke 1700. First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. The very scarce first English edition of this history of the Portuguese revolution originally written in the French by Rene-Aubert Vertot. The first English translation of Rene-Aubert Vertot's history of the Portuguese revolution of 1640.Very scarce.Bound in full speckled calf with raised bands and embossed detailing. Bound with contemporary endpapers and blanks. Loss to the rear endpaper.Vertot was a French clergyman and historian who also published histories on revolutions in Sweden and the history of the Knights Hospitallers.This is perhaps his chief work written at the suggestion of Fontenelle and the Abbe de Saint-Pierre which chronicles the key figures and events of the Portuguese Restoration War 1640-1668. ESTC No.Register: A4 B-H12 I4.Collated complete. Bound in full speckled calf with raised bands and embossed detailing. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and cracking to the joints which remain firm. Plain diamond label to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are toned with light occasional spots. Darker spots to the endpapers and blanks. Front free endpaper is worn to the gutter. Loss to the rear endpaper. Good Mat. Gilliflower, Tim. Goodwin, Mat. Wotton, Richar. Parker, and Benj. Tooke hardcover
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