George Vertue Illustrations from Paul Rapin - Thoyras (1661 - 1725)

Illustrations Kings and Queens of England

Engraved by George Vertue 

for Paul Rapin - Thoyras and Nicolas Tindal's

"History of England" (1745).

 

 

Rapin - Thoyras was the author of a 'History of England', which was published by the Knapton brothers with enormous success in the 1730s, both in the original French and in English translation. Illustrations were commissioned for it from George Vertue. Translated by Nicolas Tindall (1687 - 1774).

 

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