LETTERS AND NEGOTIATIONS OF COUNT D'ESTRADES, IN ENGLAND, HOLLAND, AND ITALY, FROM 1637 TO 1662 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VERY SOURCE OF ALL THE TROUBLES THAT HAPPENED TO KING CHARLES I. THE WHOLE NEGOTIATION RELATING TO THE SALE OF DUNKIRK. THE DISPUTE ABOUT THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG, AND THAT ABOUT THE CESSION OF ACADIE OR NOVA-SCOTIA. NEVER PRINTED IN ENGLISH BEFORE, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, WITH SOME NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
London, England: R. Willock, at Sir Isaac Newton's Head, in Cornhill, 1755. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.3 in, x 5.2 in., pp. xxxii, 319. Quarter tree calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on burgundy panel, and seven gilt bandlines to rebacked spine. Original spine laid down. Scars to corners of boards (book..... More