Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 181
Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England, continued from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II, by N. Tindal, volume IV only, London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1745, engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne by Houbraken after Godfrey Kneller, dated 1744, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by Grignion after Gravelot, [533]-796, and 392pp., 47 full-page engraved plates, including portrait of the Duke of Marlborough, and 44 double-page or folded, engraved head-pieces, some plates close-trimmed along lower margin, with partial loss of the engraved line 'for Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England', contents generally in clean condition (some light and unobtrusive offsetting to plates), contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, heavily rubbed and scuffed, with joints cracked, thick folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Includes attractive double-page and folding views of the Bay of Bulls, Vigo Harbour, Battle of Maestricht, Battle of Hochstet, folding Plan of The Town and Fortifications of Gibralter taken on the spot in the year 1738, double-page view of Blenheim House, Plan of the City of Barcelona, Menin, Malines, Turin, View of Casal, plan of the Camp Tarragona, Plan of Toulon, Plan of the City and Citadel of Antwerp, Ghent A Large City and Castle in Flanders, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Mahon, Mons, Plan of the City and Castle of Alicant, Plan of the City of Aire, Plan of the Battle of Saragossa, etc.