[Rarebooks] FS: Maynwaring's "Remarks Upon... Negotiations of Peace... Between Britain and France." London: 1711

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Maynwaring, Arthur]. 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.          $500.00 (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. Authorship has been attributed to Arthur Maynwaring (1668-1712).

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