DUBOS, Jean-Baptiste (1670-1742). Histoire critique de l'éta - Lot 653

DUBOS, Jean-Baptiste (1670-1742). Histoire critique de l'établissement de la Monarchie françoise dans les Gaules. Published in Paris by Nyon fils in 1742. New edition. In 2 volumes, format In quarto / In-4 (260x210 mm). Mahogany calf. Spine ribbed and decorated with gilt caissons. Red edges. Contemporary binding. (8)-650 pages; (8)-669 pages-(2), containing a folding map of Gaul, in the first volume. Excellent overall condition: the interiors of the volumes are in excellent condition, with some foxing, but always at the margins. Covers and corners of both volumes slightly rubbed. New, revised, corrected & enlarged edition of this history, written by Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos, of the establishment of the Franks in Gaul and of the French monarchy. The "letter from Abbé Dubos to M. Jourdan", in which the Abbé responds to the criticisms levelled against his work, follows the main body of the text. In it, he asserts, among other things, that France is the sole legitimate heir of Rome, which gives its monarchy a different status from those of other European nations, and that the Franks had been called to Gaul by the Roman authorities and had not invaded it, as was thought at the time.