David Hume

The History of England by Hume and Smollett. Vol. I. a New Edition, in Eight Volumes David Hume

Publisher Marketing: Title: The History of England by Hume and Smollett. (The History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. By D. Hume. Regent's edition.-The History of England, from the Revolution in 1688, to the death of George the Second. Designed as a continuation of Hume. By T. Smollett. Regent's edition.) Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hume, David 1822 8 vol.; 8 . 9505.bb.24. Contributor Bio:  Hume, David David Hume (1711-1776), along with Adam Smith and Thomas Reid, was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. His writings, which encompass philosophy, economics, and history, include "A Treatise of Human Nature; Essays, Moral and Political; and An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding."