The History of England, From The Earliest Times to The End of The Reign of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith And Continued to The Present Period By Mr. Morell

The History of England, From The Earliest Times to The End of The Reign of George II. by Dr. Goldsmith And Continued to The Present Period by Thomas Morell. A new edition. Two volumes bound in one. Embellished with a variety of beautiful engravings including a map of 'England and Wales from the best Authorities' preceding chapter one and a maps of 'Scotland from the best Authorities' to frontispiece to volume two. The contents are as follows: Volume one contains a comprehensive history from The ancient Britons before the arrival of the Romans to The Reign of Charles I. Volume two contains: The Commonwealth to The Reign of George III. Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet. Previous owner's ink stamps to front endpapers. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally, worn with front board detached, rear held by cords only, wear and slight loss to extremities, rubbing and marks to boards. Internally, text block firmly bound. Bright but with slight scattered foxing and handling marks and the odd slight tidemarks. Closed tear to gutter to one plate and some marginal chipping in places. Good Only.…