Complex sentence: The negotiations with Bossuet lasted a considerable time, but finally failed, and the "Critical History" appeared, with Simon's name on the title page, in the year 1685, from the press of Reenier Leers in Rotterdam.
Split into simpler sentences: The negotiations with Bossuet lasted a considerable time, but finally failed. The "Critical History" appeared, with Simon's name on the title page, in the year 1685, from the press of Reenier Leers in Rotterdam.