Histoire Universelle, Depuis Le Commencement Du Monde, Jusqu’a Present. Traduite De L’anglois D’une Société De Gens De Lettres. Translated: Universal History, From The Beginning Of The World, Up To The Present. Translated From The English By A Society Of Learned Men. French Language. 46 Volumes, Illustrated with maps, plans, charts, plates

Histoire Universelle, Depuis Le Commencement Du Monde, Jusqu’a Present. Traduite De L’anglois D’une Société De Gens De Lettres. Translated: Universal History, From The Beginning Of The World, Up To The Present. Translated From The English By A Society Of Learned Men. French Language. 46 Volumes, illustrated with maps, plans, charts, and plates. 1747-1802. Amsterdam and Leipzig, Paris: Arkstee and Merkus, Chez Delalain.

4to.(7.75" x 9.75") 46 volumes complete. Vols. 1-22 (1742-1764) in full brown leather with blindstamp rule framing covers. Spines with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title and vol# to second and third compartments, gilt floral rule framing a large centered gilt floral device to all other compartments. All edges marbled endpapers. Title page in red and black ink. Vols. 23-46 (1764-1802) in quarter brown leather over marbled boards, spines similarly decorated. All edges are marbled red. The full leather bindings with edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with many tips rubbed through, covers stained, scuffed, and/or rubbed. Head and foot of spines of some volumes lightly chipped (see pic). The quarter leather volumes with edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to some tips, greater to some volumes than others (see pic). Head and foot of spines lightly chipped, boards rubbed, scuffed with some soiling. Several later volumes with professional paper repair to margins, in a couple of cases, obscuring words. A very large set of books, overall a very good-looking set of books. This Universal History comprises over 28,906 pages with 110 maps (most folded), 63 plates (most folded) of plans, elevations, charts, and engraved images. A beautiful set of 18th-century books at a great price.

Known formally as A Universal History, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, this ambitious work aimed to chronicle world history from antiquity through to the era contemporaneous with the publishers—thus “up to the present.” It was translated and compiled by a “Society of Learned Men” from English into other languages, facilitating its wide reach. At the time of its publication, this series was one of the most comprehensive historical syntheses available, offering European readers a sweeping narrative that unified regional histories into a global framework.

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