The Complete History of Sweden, from its Origin to this Time: Comprehending the Lives and Reigns of all its Kings and Governors, the Several Revolutions, Wars, Riches, Forces, Strength, and Interest of the Nation in Respect to the Other Kingdoms of Europe. Written by the Famous Samuell Pussendorf, Late Chancellor of State in that Kingdom. Faithfully Translated from the Original High-Dutch, and Carefully Continued Down to this Present Year. London: Printed by J. Brudenell, for Joseph Wild, 1702.
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Provenance:
Armorial bookplate reading "The Achievement of John Earle of Wigtonn Lord Fleming" with the motto "let the deed shaw". It belonged to the eleventh Lord Fleming, the sixth Earl of Wigton, Sir John Fleming (1673-1744).
Also there is a Library bookplate of Carberry Tower Library with the shelf location of "X:2:", which got there through Lord Fleming's grandson who owner Carberry Tower, Scotland.
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Size: 126 x 200 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(1), t.p., 5pp. (dedication), 624pp., 8pp. (index), (1)]
Full calf binding with some wear, more so to extremities. Lacking tooled label. Some loss to head and bottoms of the backstrip and to corners of boards. Shelf and edge wear with loss. No shelf lean. Dulling to page edges with toning to the top edge as typical. Bookplate and library bookplate attached to front pastedown. Ink letters "H" and "a" to ffep with two small holes and edge toning as commensurate with the binding and some foxing. Text block very clean with occasional toning and foxing, small number of leaves more so than others. Remnants of a contemporary piece of paper reading "History of Sweden" attached to the page edge of pp.57, sticking out, with a tear, prominent toning, and creasing (see photo). Endpapers toned with foxing and marks.
[OCLC 615094638].
