History Of England, Scotland And Ireland, 2 Vols In-folio, By A Du Chesne & Du Verdier 1666

Rare and fascinating History of England, Scotland and Ireland by André Du Chesne, continued by Sr. Du Verdier. Two magnificent folio volumes in full tinted calfskin, ribbed spines, gilt embossing with fleurons in the compartments, gilt titles, contemporary binding from the reign of Louis XIV. Printed in Paris, at Denys Bechet, rue Saint-Jacques, with the compass of Gold, and the Escu in the Sun. M. DC. LXVI. (1666). Containing the most worthy of memory that happened to the Isles and Kingdoms of Great Britain, Ireland, Man, and other adjacent areas. Both under the domination of the Ancient Britons and Romans, and during the reigns of the English, Saxons, Picts, Scots, Danes, and Normans. Together the state and success of the affairs of the English in France, in the Holy Land, in Castile, Portugal, Galicia, and other foreign Provinces. By André Du Chesne, Historiographer of France. New Edition, Revised and Corrected, and continued from one thousand six hundred and forty-one until now. By Sr Du Verdier, Historiographer of France, beautiful copy complete with its two-color titles and its beautiful vignette on the titles, rich bands and initials, of a beautiful typography. These books by Saint Julien Royaucourt; from the Monastery of the Visitation to Sainte Marie de Reims.