The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, in Five Volumes

Complete in five volumes. Leather spines and corners over blue cloth boards, gilt titles and rules, marbled edges and endpapers. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848) is the full title of the five-volume work by Lord Macaulay (1800 - 1859) more generally known as The History of England. It covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the coregency of William III and Mary II, and up to William III's death.