Spain - FERRERAS (Juan). General history... - Lot 151 - Lynda Trouvé

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Spain - FERRERAS (Juan). General history... - Lot 151 - Lynda Trouvé
Spain - FERRERAS (Juan). General history of Spain, translated from the Spanish by Juan de Ferreras; enriched with historical & critical notes, intaglio vignettes, & geographical maps. By M. d'Hermilly. Paris, Gissey, Le Breton & Ganeau, 1751. 10 vol. in-4, marbled calf, spines richly decorated, red tr. (period binding). Covers and corners worn, some rubbing and spotting, some foxing in places. The illustration includes a beautiful frontispiece by Cazes engraved by Fessard, 10 maps including 8 folding ones by Robert engraved by Lattré (showing among others Spain, Naples, Calabria & Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica), 20 bands by Humblot engraved by Maisonneuve and numerous initials & caps all on copper. The most important work of this author. Spain, very fertile in historians, had already several histories for each province in particular. Ferreras took up their errors, corrected them, established an order in the chronology, rejected the writings and traditions mixed with fables and contradictions, rectified the facts, and gave the most exact, the most impartial and the most complete history that had appeared until now. His work goes back to the first origin of the peoples of Spain, and ends in 1589, four years before the surrender of Granada. It is divided into 24 parts. Each part has a preface that shows the plan the author has followed, puts the work in a favorable light, and inspires the reader with complete confidence in the authenticity of the facts that will be presented to his eyes. It is by following this procedure, by rejecting apocryphal or contradictory facts, that he gives his work that character of truth which is so precious.
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