[Rarebooks] FS: Smollett's "Complete History of England" the original 4 vols. 1757-58

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(ENGLAND) Smollett, Tobias. A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Deduced from the 
Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748. 
Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years. London: 
Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher. 1757-58. First edition. Lg. 
4to. 4 vols. Each vol. with a copper engraved frontispiece. Vol. I with a 
large folding copper engraved map of England and Wales. Cont. 1/2 vellum, gilt, 
lightly soiled, red morocco spine labels, over marbled boards. Vol. I with a 
slight abrasion on one of the spine bands.     $1,000.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The original four volumes in quarto of Smollett's important history. The 
second edition of 1758-1760, was expanded to eleven octavo volumes.

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