Laurence Echard THE ROMAN HISTORY FROM THE BUILDING OF THE CITY TO THE PERFECT SETTLEMENT OF THE EMPIRE BY AUGUSTUS CAESAR 1702 Full Leather & Gilt Romulus Servius Tullius Tarquinius Superbus
Numa Hostilius Ancus Marcius Tarquinius Priscus

Title: The Roman History, from the Building of the City, to the Perfect Settlement of the Empire by Augustus Caesar. Containing the Space of 727 Years. Design'd as Well for the Understanding of the Roman Authors, as the Roman Affairs
Author: Laurence Echard - Laurence Echard was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a History of England that was a standard work in its time. He translated Terence, part of Plautus, D'Orleans' "History of the Revolutions in England", and made numerous compilations on history, geography, and the classics. His chief work, however, is his “The History of England: from the First Entrance of Julius Caesar and the Romans to the End of the Reign of King James the First Containing the Space of 1678 Years. (1707–1720). It covers the period from the Roman occupation to his own times, and continued to be the standard work on the subject until it was superseded by Nicolas Tindal's translations and expansions of Rapin de Thoyras's French Histoire d'Angleterre ("History of England"), which began to appear in English in 1727.
Publisher: Printed for H. Bonwicke , J. Tonson, W. Freeman, and eight others.
City: London
Year: 1702
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 1 Full Set: No
Pagination: 452 pages, plus index and advertisements
Width: 5" Height: 7.75"
Book Details: This antique volume is bound in full leather, with boards tooled in blind, and elaborately tooled in gilt on the spine. The title page appears in red and black and the work is enhanced by an engraved frontispiece.

This is the first volume only of this work on Roman history, however, it is a complete writing. It was followed by four subsequent volumes which each covered later periods in Roman history.
Condition / Notes: This handsomely bound antique volume shows very well with minimal indications of age and wear, including mild shelfwear and rubbing. The binding and text block are sound. Text is clear and crisp through very mild age toning/foxing. There is a personal bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper.

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