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The Secret History of White-Hall : from the Restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James : writ at the request of a noble 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 / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.

The Secret History of White-Hall : from the Restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James : writ at the request of a noble 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 / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.

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The Secret History of White-Hall : from the Restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James : writ at the request of a noble 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 / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.: TOGETHER WITH: A Continuation of the Secret History. TOGETHER WITH: The Tragical History of the Stuarts from the First Rise of that Family, in the Year 1086, down to the Death of Her Late Majesty Queen Mary, of Blessed Memory. [TWO VOLUMES]

by D. [David] Jones

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Three volumes in two. Uniformly bound in circa 1940 grained red morocco. Gilt detailing to spines. Volume I: engraved frontis of Charles II, [xiv], 80, 80, 80, 64, 80; Volume II: [x], 80, 392. 11 x 17.2 cm; 4.3 x 6.75 inches. Previous owner's name to title pages and an attractive inscription to the preface page of volume I.

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The Secret History of White-Hall : from the Restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James : writ at the request of a noble 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 / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.
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D. [David] Jones
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London
Date Published
1697
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England, Britain
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