Louis-Pierre Anquetil / Théodose Burette - Histoire de...

Louis-Pierre Anquetil. History of France from the Gauls to the death of Louis XVI. Paris, Pourrat, 1839, xi-592 pp., 636 pp., 650 pp., 644 pp., xlii 4 volumes in-4 (260x170 mm), half red morocco, spine with raised bands (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the covers and spines. Brownish foxing scattered. New edition revised and continued up to 1830 by Théodose Burette; followed by Considerations on History by Chateaubriand - complete in 4 volumes The work resumes the vast historical narrative of Anquetil, from the Gaulish origins to the death of Louis XVI, tracing the different dynasties and the great political transformations of the kingdom. The narrative deals in particular with the formation of the monarchy, feudal conflicts, the Wars of Religion, the consolidation of monarchical authority under the Bourbons, and then the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI.

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