The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In eight volumes.

The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. Printed for T. Cadell, London, UK, 1778. "A new edition, with the Author's last Corrections and Improvements. To which is prefixed, a short Account of his Life, written by himself." All in full leather. Spines are divided in six panels, separated and outlined with gilt fillets and designs; the second panels are red leather with the title in gilt, the fourth is the number of the volume, and the other four are filled-in with gilt decorations. All outermost board edges are decorated in gilt dentelles. Board panels and edges are scuffed, all fore-edge corners are rubbed through. External page edges are age- and soil-darkened. Text pages are age-toned. Some occasional internal stains, foxing is minimal. Owner's name in pencil somewhere on the several first pages. All volumes have marbled end-papers, a FFEP, two blank pages and a half-title, except where described below: Vol I: 481pp. Spine is chipped. First and second spine panels are chipped. The fourth panel is missing the volume number. Spine is missing upper and lower end-caps. Front spine gutter is cracked and mostly separated but holding. Back spine gutter is partially cracked at the head and tail. Blank pages after FFEP are missing. Gutter is cracked at verso of FFEP and half-title page. Frontispiece of Hume facing title page. First back free paper has a 2" by 3/8" rectangular notch toward the lower edge. Leather is chipped on the lower left corner of back panel, approx. 2" by 1" triangular. Vol II: 510pp. Front gutter is cracked but holding. Back gutter has 1 1/2" crack at the top and 5/8" at the bottom. End cap is missing at tail. Front corner is missing at head of spine, tail of spine has several chips. Leather is chipped at lower right front corner. Damp-staining to some extent on lower fore-edge corners from pp. 430-510. Vol III: 464pp. Front gutter is cracked but holding. Edges at head and tail of spine are rubbed, end-cap is in place at tail, holding by a thread at head. Red leather label in second spine panel is missing. Leather is chipped at lower right front corner. Two blank front pages after FFEP and half-title page are missing. Insect tunneling to some extent, mostly in the upper margins, on pp. 193-292. Vol IV: 464pp. Upper end of spine has a 1 3/4" crack on back gutter and 1 1/4" on front gutter, upper end-cap is missing. Half-title page is missing. Vol V: 536pp. Edges at head and tail of spine are rubbed; end-cap is present at head but missing at tail. Half of the red label is second panel is missing, as is the "V" in the fourth panel. Heavy scuffing along the lower board edges adjacent to spine. Vol VI: 588pp. Corners are chipped at head of spine. Gutters at head of spine have a 2 1/4" crack at the front and 1 1/4" crack at the back; gutters at tail of spine have a 3/4" crack at the front and 2" at the back. End-cap is missing at tail. Vol VII: 532pp. Front and back gutter cracks of approx. 1" and end-cap is missing at head of spine; leather is chipped at tail of spine, back gutter has 1 3/4" crack, front gutter has 3/8" crack. Shallow chips along fore-edge of back board panel. Vol VIII: 338pp of text, followed by unpaginated Index of over 200 pages, 2 pages of ads. Front spine gutter has 1" crack at head of spine and 2" at tail; back gutter has 1" crack at tail of spine. Back panel is heavily rubbed/chipped in the upper right fore-edge corner, across the lower edge and adjacent to the spine. End-cap is exposed at head of spine and missing at tail of spine. Text blocks are sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. Additional charge for international shipping. …