John Lewis. The History of Great-Britain, From the First Inhabitants thereof, 'till the Death of Cadwalader, Last King o...

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Lovely Example of Lewis' History of Great Britain

John Lewis. The History of Great-Britain, From the First Inhabitants thereof, 'till the Death of Cadwalader, Last King of the Britains; and of the Kings of Scotland to Eugene V. London: F. Gyles, Woodman and Lyon, and C. Davis, 1729.

First edition. Folio. [6], 71, [1]; 251, [1]; [22], 52 [i.e.46], [2]; [32] pages.

Contemporary full leather with gilt ruled boards and gilt decoration on spine. Leather spine label with gilt ruling and titles. Page edges stained red. Rubbed and scuffed with worn corners. Toning and foxing to endpapers with remarkably white pages showing minimal foxing throughout. Hinges tender. Title page in red and black. The introduction, which constitutes Book I, has separate register and pagination. The breviary has a separate title page dated 1573, the original date of publication, and separate register and pagination. In The breviary pages 9-46 are misnumbered 13-32, 35-52. The final sixteen leaves contain "A table of principal matters in this history." Overall very good condition.