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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL and very early newsbook (the direct precurser to the newspaper) titled " The Present State of EUROPE: or the ...MONTHLY MERCURY, Giving an Account of all the public and private OCCURENCES...for the Month of November, 1700 ." This early newsbook / newspaper was printed in London, England and consists of approximately 48 pages, the dimensions of which are 8.5" x 6.5". This newsbook was issued monthly and each issue has the date of publication on the front page. The news inside is formatted by headings indicating the country from which the news was coming (France, England, Spain, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Ireland, etc). The news coverage has mostly to do with the various countries of Europe in general and the Royalty of Europe in particular. T is lots of coverage of WARS, treaties, important people, commerce, deaths, disasters, Kings, Queens, ie- all the news that one sees in todays newspapers . This particular issue has coverage of the following events (and much more): LOng detailed five (5) page report and obituary on the DEATH of CHARLES II, King of SPAIN and ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. Charles II (6 November 1661, Madrid – 1 November 1700, Madrid), was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy (except Piedmont , the Papal States and the Republic of Venice ), the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries , and Spain's overseas Empire , stretching from Mexico to the Philippines . He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession . In 1679, the 18-year-old Charles II married Marie Louise of Orléans (1662-1689), eldest daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans , the only sibling of Louis XIV , and his first wife Princess Henrietta of England . At that time, she was known as a lovely young woman. It is likely that Charles was impotent , and no children were born. Marie Louise became deeply depressed and died at 26, ten years after their marriage, leaving 28-year-old Charles heartbroken. Still in desperate need of a male heir, the next year he married the 23-year-old Palatine princess Maria Anna of Neuburg , a daughter of Philip William, Elector of the Palatinate , and sister-in-law of his uncle Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor . However, this marriage was no more successful than the first in producing the much-desired heir. Towards the end of his life Charles became increasingly hypersensitive and strange, at one point demanding that the bodies of his family be exhumed so he could look upon the corpses. He reportedly wept upon viewing the body of his first wife, Marie Louise. As the American historians Will and Ariel Durant put it, Charles II was "short, lame, epileptic , senile, and completely bald before thirty-five, he was always on the verge of death, but repeatedly baffled Christendom by continuing to live. When Charles II died in 1700, the line of the Spanish Habsburgs died with him. Very Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newsbook / newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay $8 priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. Please note that insurance is opti...
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