Sainte Croix, Baron De [ Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph Guilhem de Clermont Lodève ] — Histoire Des Progres De La Puissance Navale De L'Angleterre [ 2 volumes complete ]

Chez G de Bure l'aîné, librarie de la Bibliothéque du Roi, quai des Augustins, n°42, Paris 1786 a new edition. Half calf over marbled boards, VG. 2 volumes, [iv]+viii+491pp, [iv]+491+2]pp, folding table to vol II, Ex Libris Lord Sandys with his armorial bookplate to each volume, leather a little rubbed along the edges, contents bright with the occasional smudge, endpapers unevenly tanned, a nice set. An enlarged ( and first Parisien ) edition of the author's assessment & history of English Naval power in the 18th century. The book contains a history of the Royal Navy from Roman times & continues to the 18th century, with much on Drake's battles in the South Atlantic, the battles between the English & French for control of the Canadian trade etc. Guillaume-Emmanuel-Joseph de Guilhem de Clermont-Lodève de Sainte-Croix [ 1746 - 1809 ] French author & historian. In 1791 his estate was attacked & his noted & extensive library was ransacked. Goldsmiths Kress 13290.