Author: Schowart, Antony William
Title: OBSERVATIONS HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL: in which The Originals of the Emperor, Kings, Electors, And other the Sovereign Princes of Europe with A Series of their Births, Matches, more Remarkable Actions, and Deaths ... are drawn down to the Year MDCXC. Written in Latin ... And now made English; with some Enlargements relating to England.
Description: London, J. Walthoe 1693 . Duodecimo (18x11.5cm) sprinkled brown calf on 4 raised bands with red gilt-titled spine label (splitting at hinges but held firmly by all cords, tips worn and leather marked) All edges sprinkled red. Imprimatur leaf + titlepage + dedication leaf +[10]pp +480pp collated complete. *Traces ruling families of Europe (Austria, Spain, France, Denmark and over 40 lines of German & other states and the several parts of Italy). In each case how they increased or lost territory, were successful or not with their marriages, deaths, births and even still-births recorded. A neat tight copy, crisp and clean (Wing S892).

Keywords: history Europe ruling families France Germany Italy Spain


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