L'histoire du temps, ou relation de ce qui s'est passé de memorable en Europe, & principalement en Angleterre, depuis les regnes de Charles II & de Jacques II avec des réflexions de politique sur ces événements

Rare gathering of the first editions (1691, 1692 and 1693) forming the 5 volumes of L'histoire du temps.
Dutch binding in full vellum with flaps. Smooth spine with modern black ink title. Lacking endleaf before title in volume I. Paper of volume I slightly undulated. Fine copy, fresh.
Only edition in French of this history which deals with relations between European powers, England in particular, in the second half of the 17th century. L'histoire du temps was an English political gazette on several sheets, the first volume thus contains 30 issues with title page for each issue, from May 15 to November 27, 1689, the whole gathering 150 issues of 12 pages. The periodical appeared in London and Amsterdam, translated from the English of Mercurius Reformatus, or the New Observator.
James Welwood (1652-1727), English physician who reportedly studied at Leiden, became upon his return to London, in 1690, physician to King William III and Queen Mary.
Wildeneels Gräfl. Solm Bibliothek (stamp with lion passant); old manuscript ex-libris of Weissenbach; modern ex-libris label Robert J. Hayhurst.