b'128BOOKS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS710LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: almost complete May to August run (between #258 and 291, excl. 273, duplicate 271): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, details of ships wrecked & religious news including Papal activities; issue 271 (Jun.18) reports that Sir William Temple, the Kings ambassador for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle (May 7) had arrived at Whitehall to relay his account of proceedings to the king; issue 274 features an inventory of the French Fleet comprising 13 Man-of-War and 12 Galleys; condition variable but generally fine considering their age. (34)$600800 711LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: largely complete September to December run (between #292 and 326, ex 301, 303 & 320): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, and religious news including Papal activities; many issues with reports of the Turkish siege of Venetian-ruled Candia (Crete); issue 292 (Sep.3) stating that the Turks had gathered 12,000 men in Morea to assist in the siege of Canea (Chania) and issue 304 with reports on an assault on Fort Andre; issue 296 has news from the Barbary Coast that the Taffelata (Alaouite sultan al-Rashid) had taken Morocco. Some aging, overall condition is quite fine. (32)$600800Ex 716712LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1675-1678: large group ofby five highwaymen from the Exeter Stagecoach at Bagshot issues between #1079 and 1337: some notable reports includeHeath; many other issues with notable content, along with the issue 1083 (Apr.3.1676) with news of arrival in Spain of Spanishusual proclamations, announcements, and advertisements. (58)galleons carrying 25 million pieces of eight, the same issue[Comprises issues 1449, 1451, 1454, 1481-82, 1507, 1612, 1629, also carries reports of the trial for treason of Danish statesman1631, 1635, 1636-38, 1646, 1648, 1657, 1669, 1682, 1694 (x2), Peder Griffenfeld; issue 1093 (May 8, 1676) with reports from1706, 1714, 1757, 1768, 1788, 1790, 1801-02, 1812-13, 1833, Constantinople that the Grand Siegnior is constructing a seraglio1839 (2), 1862-63, 1867-70, 1871 (x2), 1872 (x2), 1874, 1877-78, (harem) for the women of Adrianople; issue 1134 (Oct 2, 1676)1880, 1883, 1894, 1898, 1904, 1913, 1941, 1951, 1967 & 1980.]reports of the intended marriage between King Carlos II of Spain$8001,200 and the Archduchess of Austria; issue 1151 (Nov.27 1676) with news from Sicily that the French have besieged Scaletta and have taken the town of Tauormina; other content includes news714from European cities, fleet arrivals and departures, notificationsLONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of ships wrecked off the British coast, also announcementsof issues between #2200 and 2343: plenty of interesting including publication of Thomas Hobbes translation of Thecontent including issue 2212 (Jan 27, 1687) report from Paris of Works of Homer. (51) a Notre Dame thanksgiving for the recovery of King Louis XIV [Comprises issues 1079-82, 1083 (x2), 1084-85, 1087-90,following surgery; issue 2213 (Jan.31,1687) reports of Emeric 1093, 1120-25, 1128, 1134, 1150-51, 1153, 1177-79, 1182, 1187,Thokoly (Prince of Upper Hungary) had joined forces with the 1193-94, 1229, 1240, 1242, 1244, 1247, 1267, 1270, 1274, 1276,Turks against the Habsburgs, this issue also carries notice of an 1278-83, 1294, 1327, 1330, 1335, & 1337.] important book sale by William Cowper at the Pelican in London; $8001,200issue 2226 (Mar.17, 1687) details a treasonous plot, reported by a Christian slave, to allow the enemy (Turks) back into Buda, issue 2234 (Apr.14 1687) with news of the execution of William 713 Furnace & Thomas Gordon for clipping His Majestys coin LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1679-1684: large group of(coin debasement); many other issues with articles of interest, issues between #1449 and 1980: with many articles of interestalong with announcements and interesting advertisements including issue 1507 (Apr.26, 1680) reports of a false andincluding rewards for the return of missing servants and for dangerous rumour spread abroad that Charles II is to marrystolen or lost property. (49)the mother of the Duke of Monmouth; issue 1694 (Feb. 9,[Comprises issues 2200, 2202, 2208, 2212-13, 2224-26, 2230, 1682) with a report that a most curious and excellent way of2233-34, 2242, 2244, 2245(x2), 2246, 2249, 2251, 2253, 2254-preserving dead bodies from putrefication had been presented56, 2265-66, 2270, 2274-75, 2278, 2281, 2287-88, 2290, 2292, to the King; issue 1714 (Apr.20,1682) with a dedication of loyalty2303, 2308-09, 2310 (x2), 2311, 2313, 2317-19, 2325, 2330-31, to King Charles II and opposition to the Jesuit machinations2338, 2340, 2343.]that had led to death of Charles I; issue 1757 (Sep.18, 1682)$8001,200 reports of a severe eruption of Mt Vesuvius; issue 1862 (Sep.20, 1683) records addresses made to King Charles in relation to the Hellish conspiracy against the King and his brother the Duke of York (the Rye House Plot); issue 1980 (Nov.6,1684) with an advertisement offering a reward for the return of valuables stolen'