1686 First Edition - TREATY OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY - Treaty of Whitehall between France and England. (Bound With) SEVERAL TREATIES OF PEACE .
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Author: James II, King of England.
Title: (1) Treaty of Peace, Good Correspondence & Neutrality in America, between the most Serene and Mighty Prince James II by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. And the most Serene and Mighty Prince LEWIS XIV. The Most Christian King: Concluded the 6th Day of Novem. 1686.
(BOUND WITH)
(2) SEVERAL TREATIES OF PEACE AND COMMERCE CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE LATE KING OF BLESSED MEMORY DECEASED, AND OTHER PRINCES AND STATES.
(2 works in 1 volume).
Language: Text in English.
Publisher: (1) In the Savoy, Printed for Thomas Newcomb, 1686 (First Edition).
(2) London, Printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd, and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., 1685. (2 works in 1 volume).
Size: 8 "X 6 ".
Pages: (1) 19 pages.
(2) 269 pages.
Binding: Near fine recent full morocco leather binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown, lower corner of the SEVERAL TREATIES OF PEACE title page chipped and repaired by a previous owner - as shown).
Estimate: Scarce with no other copies of those 2 works in 1 volume available for sale worldwide. (USD 4000 - USD 6000).
The books:
(1) Treaty of Peace, Good Correspondence & Neutrality in America: First edition of James II's first treaty. The Treaty of Whitehall was an attempt to maintain peace in North America between France and England. The treaty specifically prohibited each nation from fishing or trading in the other's territory or from aiding any Native American tribes ("wild and barbarous Inhabitants") that the other power may be at war with.
(2) SEVERAL TREATIES OF PEACE AND COMMERCE: The first edition of this collected printing of important British treaties, occasioned by the death of Charles II and containing a number of treaties of importance to America. The 1667 treaties with Spain, France, and the Dutch made Spain for the first time acknowledge England's right to New World colonies, gave New York to the British, and swapped French Caribbean islands for Nova Scotia. Also included are commercial treaties in 1669 and 1670, and the treaties settling the Second Dutch War and again giving New York to the British in 1674. This 1685 edition is not in Sabin, who only notes the 1686 reprint.