1716 Rare Anne Stuart Queen Of Great Britain French Life - Leather Binding
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1716 RARE ANNE STUART QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN FRENCH LIFE - LEATHER BINDING. French biography ofQueen Anne Stuart, the last Stuart monarch and first sovereign of Great Britain following the Act of Union of 1707. Illustrated with anengraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne. LA VIE D'ANNE STUART, REINE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE, DE FRANCE, & D'IRLANDE. Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Humbert, 1716 . Small octavo (approx. 4 × 6½ in. ) French biography of Queen Anne Stuart, the last Stuart monarch and first sovereign of Great Britain following the Act of Union of 1707. Published two years after her death, the work chronicles her reign, political achievements, military campaigns, and the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and morocco title label, covers with gilt central device, red-stained edges . Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne. Complete with the publisher's catalogue at the front and 488 pages of text. An early eighteenth-century volume preserving its original binding and period marbled endpapers, offering a handsome example of an uncommon contemporary account of one of Britain's most influential monarchs.
