Franco-Gallia: Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, Francis Hotoman

£320.00

Franco-Gallia: Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, Francis Hotoman

Name: Franco-Gallia: Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, Francis Hotoman
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Franco-Gallia: Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, Francis Hotoman — 2nd Edition

Publication: London, Edward Valentine, 1721

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [xiv], xxxvi, 148.

Condition Report: Very Good. Bound in modern quarter calf over attractive marbled boards with a gilt-lettered and tooled spine label, the binding remains remarkably tight, secure, and entirely free of shelf-wear, presenting a fresh, robust exterior. Internally, the text block is predominantly clean with only occasional, minor age-toning and scattered light spotting typical of early eighteenth-century paper. A neat, cancelled institutional stamp ('St. Deiniol's Library Hawarden') to the half-title and a few early, faint ownership signatures in ink to the title page's upper margin stand as the only notable markings. The pages remain crisp and highly legible.

Catalogue Note: Second Edition in English. The 1721 edition is particularly notable for containing a substantial prefatory discourse by the translator which was deliberately omitted from the 1711 first edition, making this second printing historically and textually significant.

The title page bears early, understated ownership signatures (including 'Wm Thomas' and dates extending back to 1740), offering a charming glimpse into the volume's early provenance. Furthermore, the volume features a cancelled stamp from St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, an esteemed institution founded by William Gladstone, adding an appealing layer of British political association to this copy.

This specific edition is notably scarce on the open market, with very few complete copies currently available.

A translation of François Hotman's influential 1574 Huguenot tract, Franco-Gallia, this work famously argued that the French monarchy was originally elective rather than hereditary and that the king's power should be restricted by a representative assembly of the people. Translated into English by the noted author of the Account of Denmark, identified as Robert Molesworth, this edition was published during a period of intense British political discourse, bringing Hotman's anti-absolutist arguments sharply to bear on the constitutional debates of eighteenth-century England.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Francis Hotoman

Book Publisher: Edward Valentine

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Politics & Law

Book edition: Second Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 148

Book Publication Year: 1721

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Quarter Calf

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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