The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

[Die Romischen Päpste, ihre Kirche und ihr Staat im sechszehnten und siebzehnten Jahrhundert.]

London: John Murray, 1847.

|Third edition. Complete in two volumes. Medium 8vo (9 x 6 ins) pp [xvi], 609 + vi, [630]. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, double filets to sides, ornate gilt spine with raised bands and double morocco labels. Ends of spines a touch shelf rubbed, tips of corners mildly bumped. All edges marbled, also pastedowns. Inked owner's inscription to front endpapers in vol I, dated 1848. A most attractive set. Abridged translation of an influential history by German historian Ranke. Translated by Sarah Austin, who played a key role in familiarising the English-speaking world with contemporary German writers and thinkers, most notably Goethe and Ranke.