An impartial enquiry into the management of the war in Spain : by the ministry at home, and into the conduct of those generals, to whose care the same has been committed abroad. Collected from many original letters and Councils of War... ...never Published before. Together with an account of the several embarkations, both of British and Foreign Troops, that have been sent to Spain or Portugal for the Support of the Present War...
1712, First Edition. London : printed, and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall. Very good copy in the original full, blind-tooled aniline calf. Professionally and period-sympathetically re-backed with a matching brown leather, gilt-blocked title label. Raised bands. Panel edges somewhat rubbed and worn as with age. Previous owner's inscriptions to ffep. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages; Physical desc. : [8],265,139p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 - Finance - Great Britain. Great Britain - History - Anne, 1702-1714. Errata slip mounted verso preface. Anonymous - by Martin Bladen. Sometimes also attributed to Abel Boyer. ESTC citation no. : T117614. Referenced by: Goldsmiths', 4959. Item #181816
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