[BRENNER, Domokos Antal Ignácz]. Histoire des révolutions de Hongrie, où l'on donne une idée juste de son légitime gouvernement. Avec les mémoires du Prince François Rakoczy sur la guerre de Hongrie, depuis 1703, jusqu'à sa fin. Et ceux du Comte Betlem N…

[BRENNER, Domokos Antal Ignácz]. Histoire des révolutions de Hongrie, où l'on donne une idée juste de son légitime gouvernement. Avec les mémoires du Prince François Rakoczy sur la guerre de Hongrie, depuis 1703, jusqu'à sa fin. Et ceux du Comte Betlem Niklos sur les affaires de Transsilvanie. ~i~The Hague: Jean Néaulme. 1739. Two volumes in one, 4to. Contemporary calf with modern rebacking; pp. [iv], 443, [1, blank]; [ii, title-page], [445]-504, 258, [31], two (repeated) engraved frontispiece-portraits, engraved folding map, title-pages printed in red and black (collation identical with the copy digitized by the Bavarian State Library); occasional very light spotting or toning, otherwise very good. First edition. Jean Néaulme published an edition in six 12mo volumes in the same year. This is a history of Hungary from Stephen I to Rákóczi's War of Independence against Habsburg (1703–1711), with Rákóczi's important memorandum on the war printed on 258 pages. Long before Hungarian self-determination this is a seminal text of Hungarian historiography. Brenner (167?-1721) was a Hungarian diplomat who followed Rákóczi into exile in Paris. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate Henry Duke of Kent, dated 1733, inside front cover; 1830s engraved armorial bookplate of the Tory statesman Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of West Park underneath; late 19th-century engraved armorial bookplate of T. A. Walker, dean, bursar and librarian of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. SKU: 2124864