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 was once half calf). Previous owner's name to top of title page ("Thos. Findlay, Esquire Drummond" -- last character clipped in binder's trimming). Light stain -- possibly lamp oil -- to lower right corner of paper from title page through page 50. Laid paper pages are bright and supple. Very Good. Item #81069
Comte d'Estrades (1607-1686) was a French military leader and diplomat / ambassador -- one of Louis XIV's "ablest diplomats [who] served with distinction in the Low Countries during the Thirty Years' War, conducted a famous defense of Dunkirk (1651-2), and took part in later campaigns in Catalonia (1655); Italy (1657); and Holland (1672).
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