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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. Written by himself. Done out of French.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
- Treaty of Utrecht.
- Mesnager, Nicolas, 1658-1714.
- Mesnager, Nicolas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326p. )
- Other Title:
- Minutes of the negotiations
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for S. Baker, at the Black-Boy and Anchor in Pater-Noster-Row, 1717.
- Notes:
- In fact an original English work by Daniel Defoe.
- Catchword on recto of sig.D2: acted.
- Variant sig.D2 is cancelled and catchword: done.
- "To support the claim that the book was a genuine translation from the French of Mesnager, an alternative titlepage was printed: 'Minutes of the negotiation [sic] of Monsr. Mesnager at the court of England. .. Antwerp, printed for Jean van Borscelen. 1717.' .. One title or th other was meant to be cancelled" (Moore).
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Moore, 377
- English Short Title Catalog, T69384.
- OCLC:
- 642665353
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