[Rarebooks] FS: Major doubt about the peace treaty between Britain and France. London: 1711
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(EUROPEAN HISTORY) REMARKS UPON THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS OF PEACE BEGUN
BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE. London: No pub. 1711. 8vo. (4),36pp. With the
half-title. Modern marbled boards. $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
A secretly printed, anonymously written, tract expressing the concern that
this treaty would allow France (already influential in Canada and the West
Indies) to gain control of the Spanish colonies and give her an exorbitant
trading advantage in the New World. “[It] ought by every true English-man to
be rejected with scorn and indignation.” Goldsmith 4837. Kress 2743.
European-American 711/177.
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