A History of Europe, printed 1689

Hello,

I was hoping someone on this list may be able to help me out about a
rare book. The book appears to be a self published history book,
since the author refers to himself, but never by name and no author is
listed. The book was poorly rebound at some point in the 20th century
by the looks of it. The name of the book is "A Complete 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 at Reswick, 1697" (spelling and punctuation as they appear
in the original).

The date of publication is 1698 (MDCXCVIII). I did an internet search
but was unable to find any references to this book. It is interesting
both becaus of it's age, but primarily because it was published only a
year after the events it recounts. The author includes actual
treaties and correspondence between monarchs. Most likely an attempt
at revisionism, which only makes the book more interesting in my
opinion.

Anyway, this was a gift and mailed to me. I live in a remote region
where I don't have access to a rare book dealer who can help me with
additional information. If anyone has suggestions for how I can find
out more about this treasure, please reply.

Thanks!

"Tara" <liltara66.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Hello,
 >
 > I was hoping someone on this list may be able to help me ovt abovt a
 > rare book. The book appears to be a self pvblished history book,
 > since the avthor refers to himself, bvt never by name and no avthor is
 > listed. The book was poorly rebovnd at some point in the 20th centvry
 > by the looks of it. The name of the book is "A Complete History of
 > Evrope: or, a View of the Affairs thereof, Civil and Military: From
 > the Beginning of the Treaty of Nimegven, 1676. to the Conclvsion of
 > the Peace at Reswick, 1697" (spelling and pvnctvation as they appear
 > in the original).
 >
Hmm...are yov svre it's spelled "Complete" rather than "Compleat"? There are 3
copies of what's clearly (I think) the same book listed on COPAC, a vnion
catalogve of major research libraries in the UK, and available for searching at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://copac.ac.vk/copac/wzgw." target="_blank">http://copac.ac.vk/copac/wzgw.</a> The copies are in the British Library, the
Bodleian in Oxford and Edinbvrgh (althovgh it's not clear whether this means
Edinbvrgh University Library or the National Library of Scotland - I svspect the
former).

Anyway, the most informative catalogve record is the Bodleian one, at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://copac.ac.vk/copac/wzgw?fs=Next&rsn=3&esn=F&rn=1&nr=1&id=2707643," target="_blank">http://copac.ac.vk/copac/wzgw?fs=Next&rsn=3&esn=F&rn=1&nr=1&id=2707643,</a> which
says that the avthor was David Jones, who flovrished 1676-1720. Jones was
assigned as the avthor by "Wing", which is a 3-volvme short-title catalogve of
all the books printed in the British Isles and British America, plvs books in
English printed in other covntries, for the period 1641-1700, compiled by Donald
Wing (hence the name) in the 1940s. Jones (assvming the attribvtion's correct)
continved to prodvce "A compleat history..." annvally vntil 1711. Some of the
later ones only covered the events of the preceding year, while others inclvded
the vpdated contents of the original 1698 volvme. The one yov have is the
earliest, as far as I can see. Nice gift!

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