EIGHT OF SMEETON’S HISTORICAL TRACTS VERY NICELY BOUND IN A MODERN QUARTER LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED BOARDS. THESE WERE PUBLISHED AROUND 1820 AS REPRINTS OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRACTS. BOUND WITH THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AT THE REAR. ALL IN VERY NICE CONDITION AND EACH WITH AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT. THE TRACTS ARE: COUNT GONDAMOR’S TRANSACTIONS (1820 30 PAGES); THE COURTAND CHARACTER OF KING JAMES (1817 61 PAGES); THE SPANISH INVASION IN 1588 BY CLARK (1819 35 PAGES); JAMES THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH (1820 45 PAGES); GEORGE VILLIERS THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1819 54 PAGES); HUGH PETERS (1818 41 PAGES); THE KING’S DECLARATION TO HIS SUBJECTS CONCERNING LAWFUL SPORTS TO BE USED (1817 11 PAGES); THE LIFE OF HENRY THE THIRD (1820 21 PAGES).
SIGNED COPY OF 1ST ENGLISH EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH VERY GOOD DUST WRAP (SOME YELLOWING TO PAGE EDGES). THE AUTHOR CONDUCTS HIS READERS ON A HIGHLY PERSONAL TOUR OF MOROCCO. TRANSLATED BY STUART HOOD.
