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An Impartial Representation of the Conduct of the several Powers of Europe engaged in the late general war including s particular account of all the Military and Naval Operations from the commencement of Hostilities between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain in 1739 to the conclusion of the General Treaty of Pacification at Aix La Chapelle in 1748 to which are added letters between Monsieur Voltaire and the author, relative to this work, and to the subject of History General by Richard Rolt in four volumes (all here present) , The Second edition published in London and printed for S Birt in Ave Mary Lane, J Waugh and W Fenner in Lombard St 1754.
Four volumes in uniform full leather binding with raised bands t the spine and simple gilt decoration to the panels with volume numbers in gilt and labels with blind stamped titles. Some wear to hinges but solid and in good order. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Maxwell of Monreith Bart to the front pastedowns with loose library shelf ticket for the Monreith House.
Volume 1 - 1 end paper + title page + vi + 7- 426pp clean throughout and in very good order.
Volume 2 - 1 end paper + Title page + xi + 1-524pp clean throughout and in very good order.
Volume 3. - 1 end paper + Title page + xvi + 1- 630pp clean throughout and in very good order.
Volume 4 - 1 end paper + Title page + xix + 1-644pp clean throughout and in very good order (separate title to the rear for "An Ode to Peace"
Richard Rolt’s work provides a exhaustive, contemporary account of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) and the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739). It details complex land battles across Europe and significant global naval clashes between Great Britain, France, and Spain, leading up to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Richard Rolt and the French philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire read Rolt's histories with great interest, and their letters debating the philosophy of objectivity in historical writing add significant literary merit to the work
The High-Society Connection: He married Magdalene Blair of Blair. Together, they raised a family of remarkable historical significance. His daughter, Jane Maxwell, became the Duchess of Gordon. She was famously one of the most powerful political hostesses of the Georgian era, a close friend of King George III, a patron of the poet Robert Burns, and famously raised the Gordon Highlanders regiment.
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