A compleat history of Europe: or, A view of the affairs thereof, civil and military: from the beginning of the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1676. . To the conclusion of the peace with the Turks, 1699. Including the articles of the former, and the several infringements of them; the Turkish Wars; the forming of the Grand Confederacy; the revolution in England, &c. With a particular account of all the actions by sea and land on both sides; and the secret steps that have been made towards a peace, both before, as well as during the last negotiation. Wherein are the several treaties at large. The whole intermix'd with divers original letters, declarations, papers, and memoirs, never before published. The second edition, corrected, and very much enlarged. Written by a gentleman, who kept an exact journal of all transactions, for above these twenty years.
David Jones (fl.1676-1720)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092741
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 704, [10] p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)] Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a characteristic of the 1st Earl.. Binding: Eighteenth century plain calf binding; rebacked.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
David Jones (fl.1676-1720)