John Bancks THE HISTORY OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 1755 Leather & Gilt Binding Printed for James Hodges Index Ramillies Brabant Flanders Hockstedt War Character Danube Rhine Knight

Title: The History of John Duke of Marlborough. Prince of Mindelheim, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of Her Britannick Majesty and the States of the United Provinces, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master of the Ordnance, &c, Including a More Exact, Impartial, and Mathodical Narrative of the Late War upon the Danube, the Rhine, and in the Netherlands, than as ever Yet Appeared. Compiled from Authentick Journals, Without Regard to any Former Attempt of the Same Nature.
Author: John Bancks - John Bancks, also known as John Banks, was an English writer. Bancks was born in Sonning, Berkshire, and became apprenticed to a weaver in Reading. He suffered an accident, and left the apprenticeship before completion, becoming a bookseller in Spitalfields. Bancks wrote poetry and biography, including works on the lives of Jesus, Oliver Cromwell and William III.

Publisher: Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking Glass over-against St. Magnus Churuch, London Bridge
City: London
Year: 1755
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 347 pages, plus index
Width: 4.25" Height: 6.5"
Book Details: This third edition volume is bound in full leather with raised spine and gilt tooling to the boards and spine. An engraved frontispiece portrait of the first Duke of Marlborough and engraved capitals and headers enhance the text. This title is a very scarce account of the History of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire,(26 May 1650 - 16 June 1722) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs. Rising from a lowly page at the court of the House of Stuart, he served James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political advancement through his courage and diplomatic skill.

Condition / Notes: This antique volume displays some indications of age and wear, including rubbing and shelfwear. The front board is detached and torn on the bottom let; the rear hinge is cracked. The text block is partially cracked, although sound. Some preliminary and end pages show signs of worm damage and significant age toning/foxing. Previous owners have written on the front endpapers, title page, and dedicatory page.

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