Description: 16 mo. (6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches) London: R. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, 1697. Original First Edition. 7 preliminary leaves, two volumes in one: 80, 392 pages; good condition: rebound in late eighteenth, or early nineteenth century brown mottled calf, with gilt decorated spine laid down, raised bands, (missing label), minor wear to covers at front hinge (not affecting contents), lacking frontis. "Writ at the Request of a Nob'e Lord; and Conveyed to him in Letters by ___ late Secretary Interpreter to the Marquess of Louvois, who by that Means had the Perusal of all the private Minutes between England and France for many Years. The whole consisting of Secret Memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal'd, as not being discoverable by any other Hand. Published from the Original Papers. Together with the Tragical History of the STUARTS from the first Rise of that Family, in the Year 1068, down to the Death of Her late Majesty Q. MART (sic), of Blessed Memory." There are thiry-one letters that supposedly give insight into secret diplomatic transactions between the English and French courts. "History of the Stuarts," is a perceptive contemporaneous account.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Mottled Calf Boards, Raised Bands
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: R. Baldwin in Warwick-lane
Subject: England 1688 to 1696
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1697
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: D. (David) Jones, Gent.
Region: Great Britain
Topic: Seventeenth Century English History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: Seventeenth Century British History
