Item #28965 A journal of the Swedish Embassy in the years 1653 and 1654 ... First published from the original manuscript by Dr. Charles Morton. A new edition, revised by Henry Reeve, Esq. BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE, Ambassador.
A journal of the Swedish Embassy in the years 1653 and 1654 ... First published from the original manuscript by Dr. Charles Morton. A new edition, revised by Henry Reeve, Esq.

A journal of the Swedish Embassy in the years 1653 and 1654 ... First published from the original manuscript by Dr. Charles Morton. A new edition, revised by Henry Reeve, Esq.

London: Longman, Brown [et al.], 1855. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [iii]-xlvii, [1], 451; [4], 468; slightly later polished blue calf, double gilt rules on covers, elaborately gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, red morocco labels in 2; minor rubbing; very good, sound, and handsome. "Whitelocke's "instructions authorized him not only to make a general treaty of amity, but to come to an agreement with Sweden for securing the freedom of the Sound against Denmark and the united provinces ... The treaty which he negotiated, which was long delayed by the desire of the Swedes to await the upshot of the peace negotiations between England and Holland, and by the difficulties which the impending resignation of Queen Christiana threw in its way ... was little more than a general expression of friendship between the two states ... [Nonetheless, it is] an authority of permanent value." Item #28965

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