A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter

London: Printed for William Miller, 1808. First edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 2 leaves, li, 277, clviii pages. Rebound in red library buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece engraving of Charles James Fox. "Mr. Fox was for some years engaged in an historical work, which he did not live to complete..." (To the Reader).

History of James II. King of England and Ireland, the last Roman Catholic emperor of England, Scotland and Ireland, primarily remembered for his struggles over religious tolerance. With sizable appendix containing correspondences between Louis XIV. and M. Barillon, and the Earl of Sunderland and the Bishop of oxford respecting Mr. Locke, the Bill for the Preservation of the King's Person, and an Account of Rumbold, from Lord Fountainhall's MS. Memoirs, etc.

Usual library markings, barcode, sticker, library bookplate, index card and stamps. Light offsetting of frontispiece engraving to title page. (Inventory #: 47019)