A continuation of The secret history of White-Hall from the abdication of the late K. James in 1688 to the year 1696 : 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 : published from the original papers : together with The tragical history of the Stuarts, from the first rise of that family in the year 1068 down to the death of Her late Majesty Q. Mary, of blessed memory / by D. Jones, gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, D. (David), active 1676-1720.

Contributor:

Jones, D. (David), active 1676-1720.

Baldwin, Richard, -1698, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stuarts, House of.

Great Britain--History--Restoration, 1660-1688.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--William and Mary, 1689-1702.

Penn Provenance:

Dogmersfield Library (bookplate) (copy 1)

Fitzwalter (autograph) (copy 1)

Hickman Barr. (?) (bookplate) (copy 2)

Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 3)

Dickinson, W. B. (stamp) (copy 3)

Stones, Thomas (autograph) (copy 3)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 80, 48, 45-155, pages 195, 161-392 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

shis llas hohe aDse (3) 1697 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and are to be sold by R. Baldwin ..., MDCXCVII [1697]

Notes:

"A variant has '... Q. Mart [sic], ...' in the title."--ESTC.

Signatures: A-F⁸ 2A-3A⁸ 3B⁴.

The first leaf is blank; leaf A3 signed A2.

"The tragical history of the Stuarts" has special title leaf and separate pagination and signatures. "Another edition or issue has 'tragicall' in title (Wing J934B)."--ESTC.

Titles each within border of double rules.

Printed marginalia.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy 1 is variant with "... Q. Mart [sic], ..." in title.

Penn Libraries copy 2 is variant with "... Q. Mart [sic], ..." in title.

Penn Libraries copy 3 is variant with "... Q. Mart [sic], ..." in title; special title leaf reads: The tragical history of the Stuarts ...

Penn Libraries copy 3 has armorial stamp of W.B. Dickinson on leaf A1 (blank); autograph ("Tho: Stones") at head of title leaf.

Penn Libraries copy 3 has ms. correction (in error) in pencil of signature mark on leaf A4r to "A3"; early ms. correction to catchword on leaf F8v; ms. correction to in pencil of signature mark on leaf 2M3r.

Penn Libraries copy 3 has wormhole in tail margin of leaves 2F7-2Y8.

Cited in:

ESTC R34484

Wing (2nd ed.), J929

Related Work:

Jones, D. (David), active 1676-1720. Secret history of White-hall.

Contains:

Tragical history of the Stuarts.

OCLC:

228732619