Anquetil - Histoire de France depuis les temps les plus reculés - 1839

History of France from the most distant times to the death of Louis XVI. by Anquetil - New Edition revised and continued up to 1830 by M. Th. Burette, Professor of History at the Collège Stanislas, with considerations on History by M. de Chateaubriand - Complete in 4 Volumes - Paris, Pourrat Frères, Editors 1839 - Title pages engraved and abundantly illustrated with a frontispiece and full-page steel engravings - Text framed by a double rule - Bindings half green Morocco, spine with title and volumes and adorned with decorative gold motifs, 592, 636, 650, 644 pages, format: 25.5 x 17.5 cm - Tables of contents at the end of each book - Fine Beautiful Copies. Very good condition, though very slight wear may appear, but with no serious flaws - Very Brief Summary: - Volume I. Historical note on the life and works of M. Anquetil - Preface - Considerations on French authors who have written History since the Revolution - A general survey of the History of France from Hugh Capet to Louis XVI - Division of the Work: Of the Gauls in general and their Customs - From Year 600 to Year 50 BC - From Year 50 BC to Year 260 AD - From Year 260 to Year 420 AD - First Race, called the Merovingians - Second Race, called the Carlovingians - Third Race, called the Capetians - Ascents of the Branch of the Valois - Volume II. Continuation of the Valois Branch - Volume III. End of the Valois and the Angoulême Branch - Ascendancy of the Bourbons Branch - Volume IV. Continuation of the Bourbons Branch and end with the death of Louis XVI - Republic (Convention, Directory, Consulate) - Empire - Restoration (First Restoration, the Hundred Days, Louis XVIII, Second Restoration) - Charles X -