An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe

Acknowledgments

xlvii acknowledgments For access to their collections and/or providing copies/microforms of original works, I am grateful to the following libraries: British Library, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Kungliga Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek SachsenAnhalt (Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Staatsbibliothek Berlin (SBB) Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, University of Helsinki Library, Library of Congress , Northwestern University Library, Syracuse University Library, University of Virginia Library, and University of Florida Library. In addition, I would like to thank the following persons for various kinds of assistance: Kari Saastamoinen (University of Helsinki) for procuring copies of texts from the Helsinki University Library; Petter Korkman (formerly, University of Helsinki) for Swedish translation and reminding me of Le Clerc’s review of the Einleitung; Pärtel Piirim äe (University of Tartu) for introducing me to the Hamburgische Bibliotheca in the reading room at Wolfenbüttel, and for additions to the Publication History; Hugh Phillips (Western Kentucky University ) for translating Russian bibliographical entries; Åsa Soderman for obtaining microfilms in Stockholm; Fiammetta Palladini (Berlin) and Peter Schröder (University College London) for comments on my introductory essay and the publication history; Mark Somos (University of Sussex), Hans Blom (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Blake Landor and Matthew Loving (University of Florida) for help with references and biography; and Knud Haakonssen for checking Brask’s version of the Einleitung, for inviting my participation in this series, and for his editorial support throughout the project. Finally, I am grateful to the xlviii acknowledgments careful Liberty Fund editors for making helpful suggestions and, of course, corrections. All these individuals have improved the work and made it easier for me, alone, to accept responsibility for any remaining deficiencies. an INTRODUCTION to the HISTORY Of the Principal Kingdoms and States of EUROPE. By SAMUEL PUFFENDORF, Counsellor of State to the present King of Sweden. Made English from the Original. LONDON, Printed for M. Gilliflower at the Spread-Eagle in Westminster-Hall, and T. Newborough at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. MDCXCV. 1. Charles XI (1655–97). ...