Brown leather binding with red title plate, gilt banding and title on the spine. Volumes 1 and 2.

The History of Great Britain From the Death of Henry VIII to the Accession of James VI of Scotland to the Crown of England

James Pettit Andrews (1737– 6 August 1797) was an English historian and antiquary.

His major work was a History of Great Britain connected with the Chronology of Europe from Caesar’s Invasion to Accession of Edward VI, in 2 volumes (London, 1794–1795). A portion of the history of England is given on one page, facing a general sketch of the contemporary history of Europe on the opposite page. He also wrote a History of Great Britain from Death of Henry VIII to Accession of James VI of Scotland – a continuation of Robert Henry’s History of Great Britain, which left off at the death of Henry VIII – published in 1796 and again in 1806.

Andrews translated a German tragedy of Christoph Unzer with Henry James Pye. It was published in 1798 as The Inquisitor. Others works include The Savages of Europe (London, 1764), a satire on the English which he translated from the French of Robert-Martin Lesuire (1737–1815) and Louvel; and Anecdotes Ancient and Modern (London, 1789), a collection of gossip.