[Anonyme] - Mémoires d'Angleterre contenant l'Histoire des deux roses ou les différends des deux maisons royales - 1726

[Anonymous] Memoirs of England containing the History of the Two Roses or the Disputes of the Two Royal Houses of York and Lancaster. Amsterdam, s.n., 1726, 300 pages.

A 16-volume set (140x80 mm), full calf, ornately ribbed spine, with a red morocco title piece, red edges (from the period). Slight wear on the binding, rounded corners. Interior fresh, without foxing.

Original edition

History of the 15th-century conflict that pitted the two royal houses of England, York and Lancaster. The climax of this feud was the War of the Roses (1455-1485), named after the emblems of the two houses, the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York.

Divided into six major chapters, this work traces the origin of the conflict between the two houses from 1369 during the reign of Edward III and concludes in 1499 under the reign of Henry VIII.