*1767* VERTOT Roman History (Revolution) FULL GILDED CALF Thick: 500pp (*FINE*)
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*1767* VERTOT Roman History (Revolution) FULL GILDED CALF Thick: 500pp (*FINE*):
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René-Aubert Vertot (25 November 1655, Bennetot, Normandy – 15 June 1735, Paris) was a French historian.
** 1767. Published in Paris. **
Handsome presentation... Full mottled calf w/backstrip gilt detailed and decorated; and, w/contrasting morocco (goat) red gilt-letteredspine labels. Gilt to board edges. Thick: Approx 500pp (all edges red). Fine textblock. Marbled pastedowns. Woodcut ornament to title page, woodcut dividers, headers, etc.
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At sale:HISTOIRE DES REVOLUTIONS ARRIVEES DANS LE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE ROMAINE (HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS ARRIVED IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC).
VERTOT M. L\'ABBE DE
Published by Chez Babuty Fils, Paris, 1767
Vol ii. 6th edition. With Appreciation and Privilege of the King.About the author..
René-Aubert Vertot (25 November 1655, Bennetot, Normandy – 15 June 1735, Paris) was a French historian.
He was for some time a pupil of the Jesuit Fathers seminary at Rouen, which he left at the end of two years to enter the Capuchin Order. His health was greatly impaired by his austerities there, and his family, alarmed, obtained permission for him to join the Premonstratensian Canons. Afterwards he was appointed pastor to several small parishes in Normandy. In 1690, at the suggestion of Fontenelle and the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, he wrote his Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal. The book was received with favour, and in 1695 appeared the Histoire des révolutions de Suède (History of the Swedish revolutions). In 1703 Vertot was made a member of the Académie des inscriptions. Besides contributions to the Mémoires of the Académie and other minor works, he wrote the Révolutions romains (1719) and Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem (History of the Knights Hospitallers), also known as Histoire de Malte (History of Malta). It is related, in connection with the latter, that in answer to an offer of additional data about the great siege by the Ottomans in 1565, he said, \"Mon siège est fait\" (\"My siege is finished\"), a phrase construed by some of his critics as an expression of his disregard for historical accuracy. Another interpretation of the comment is that he simply wished to get rid of an intruder who was trying to force upon him documents whose authenticity was very doubtful.
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Published byBabuty Fils, Paris, 1767. Vol ii. 6th Ed. Textblock Fine. Handsomepresentation... Full mottled calf w/backstripgiltdetailed & decoratedand w/contrasting morocco (goat) redgilt-letteredspine labels. Gilt to board edges. Thick: approx. 500pp (all edges marbled). [iv] 488pp. Fine textblock.Approx4 x 7\" Marbled pastedowns. Woodcut ornament to title page, woodcut dividers, headers, etc. Bound in silk page marker. Very clean. Light wear as per scans. Internally NEAR FINE.Textblock clean: FINE. Leather w/nice patina. Book, itself,*is* square; clean; straight; tight; etc.
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