Minutes of the negotiations of Monsr. Mesnager at the court of England, towards the close of the last reign : wherein some of the most secret transactions of that time, relating to the interest of the Pretender, and a clandestine separate peace, are detected and laid open
1717
L2009F163 1717
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Title
Minutes of the negotiations of Monsr. Mesnager at the court of England, towards the close of the last reign : wherein some of the most secret transactions of that time, relating to the interest of the Pretender, and a clandestine separate peace, are detected and laid open
Published
London : Printed for S. Baker ..., 1717.
Description
326 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Call Number
L2009F163 1717
System Control No.
(OCoLC)00248189
Note
Sometimes ascribed to Nicolas Mesnager, but original English work by Daniel Defoe.
To support the claim that the book was a genuine translation from the French of Mesnager, an alternative title page was printed: "Minutes of the negotiation [sic] of Monsr. Mesnager at the court of England ... Antwerp, printed for Jean van Borscelen. 1717." Library copy: cancelled this alternative title.
Signatures: pi1 A8(-A1) B-V8 X4(-X4)
Leaf A1 cancelled; leaf D2 cancelled & replaced.
Pages 209, 230, 231, 234, 235, 238 & 239 misnumbered 109, 300, 301, 304, 305, 308 & 309 respectively.
Negotiation of the 'separate peace' that ended the War of the Spanish Succession; French contact with the Harley ministry was Nicholas Mesnager.
Author reprinted in 1736 as fiction, including many fictional elements.
Bound in panelled calf; rebacked.
Bookplate: Presented by Mr. James Davis of Lonodn to the vicarage of Riccall, Yorks, 1886; ms. inscription at head of title: J. Davis ... 1885.
To support the claim that the book was a genuine translation from the French of Mesnager, an alternative title page was printed: "Minutes of the negotiation [sic] of Monsr. Mesnager at the court of England ... Antwerp, printed for Jean van Borscelen. 1717." Library copy: cancelled this alternative title.
Signatures: pi1 A8(-A1) B-V8 X4(-X4)
Leaf A1 cancelled; leaf D2 cancelled & replaced.
Pages 209, 230, 231, 234, 235, 238 & 239 misnumbered 109, 300, 301, 304, 305, 308 & 309 respectively.
Negotiation of the 'separate peace' that ended the War of the Spanish Succession; French contact with the Harley ministry was Nicholas Mesnager.
Author reprinted in 1736 as fiction, including many fictional elements.
Bound in panelled calf; rebacked.
Bookplate: Presented by Mr. James Davis of Lonodn to the vicarage of Riccall, Yorks, 1886; ms. inscription at head of title: J. Davis ... 1885.
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ESTC T69384
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