The Revolutions of Portugal

An early English translation of Rene-Aubert Vertot's history of Portugal's revolutions, in full panelled calf. A contemporary English translation of Revolutions de Portugal. "Done into English from the last French edition".In contemporary full panelled calf. Lacking endpapers, but retaining original blanks.Engraved frontispiece and decorative head and tail pieces.Vertot was a French clergyman and historian who also published histories on revolutions in Sweden and the history of the Knights Hospitallers.This is perhaps his chief work, written at the suggestion of Fontenelle and the Abbe de Saint-Pierre, which chronicles the key figures and events of the Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668).This edition was translated by Gabriel Roussillon.ESTC No.T17107410pp. index.Register; [a6], B-K8, U2.Collated, complete. In contemporary full panelled calf.Externally, with minor rubbing to extremities and marks and spots to the boards. Fading to spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front blank and title page. Red residue to p. [iv] and v. Good.…