Acta regia, or, An account of the treaties, letters and instruments between the monarchs of England and foreign powers
Subtitle: publish'd in Mr. Rymer's Foedera, which are the basis of the English history and contain those authorities which rectify the mistakes that most of our writers have committed for want of such a collection of records
By: translated from the French of M. Rapin as publish'd by M. Le Clerc ; with the heads of the kings and queens curiously engrav'd by Mr. Vandergucht ; to be published monthly
Contributors: Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713; Whatley, Stephen, active 1712-1741, translator; Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736; Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver; Darby, John, -1733, printer; Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736
Publisher: Printed for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, C. Rivington, J. Hooke, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon
Published: 1726
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Politics and government; Kings and rulers; Treaties; Sources; Early works to 1800; Biography; Foreign relations; History
Other titles: Acta regia; Account of the treaties, letters and instruments between the monarchs of England and foreign powers; Account of Mr. Rymer's Foedora
Work titles: Foedera
Notes: Running title: An account of Mr. Rymer's Foedora.

The abridgment of tome 1 in vol.1 is by Jean Le Clerc; Rapin-Thoyras's abridgment of tome 2 is in the appendix to vol. 3 p. 322-542.

Vols. 3 and 4 are dated 1727 and vol. 4 adds J. Osborn and T. Longman in the imprint.

Issued in monthly parts, the first nine of which have separate title-pages; parts 1-4 are dated 1725, parts 5-9 1726.

With engraved portraits of the monarchs of England.

LC copy 1: Volume 1 includes engraved portraits of King Henry the Ist, King Stephen, King Henry the IId, King Richard the Ist, King Iohn, King Henry the IIId, King Edward the Ist, King Edward the IInd, King Edward the IIId, King Richard the IInd. Volume 2 includes engraved portraits of King Henry the IVth, King Henry the Vth, King Henry the VIth, King Edward the IVth. Volume 3 includes engraved portraits of King Edward the Vth, King Richard the IIId, King Henry the VIIth, King Henry the VIIIth, King Edward the VIth, Queen Mary. Volume 4 includes engraved portraits of Queen Elizabeth, King James the Ist. Uniformly bound in Library of Congress binding.

LC copy 2: Volume 1 includes engraved portraits of King Henry the Ist, King Stephen, King Henry the IId, King Henry the IIId, King Edward the Ist, King Edward the IInd, King Edward the IIId. Volume 2 includes engraved portraits of King Richard the IInd, King Henry the IVth, King Henry the Vth, King Henry the VIth, King Edward the IVth. Volume 3 includes engraved portraits of King Edward the Vth, King Richard the IIId, King Henry the VIIth, King Henry the VIIIth, King Edward the VIth, Queen Mary. Volume 4 includes engraved portraits of Queen Elizabeth, King James the Ist, King Richard the Ist, and King John.

With side- and shoulder-notes.

Errata: vol. 1 on prelim. p. [7] ; vol. 2, 3 and 4 at end.

Includes indexes.

Advertisements on prelim. p. [8] of vol. 1.

ESTC T137522

A digital reproduction of the copy of this title from the British Library is available from Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)

A translation into English by Stephen Whatley of the abridgment by Paul de Rapin-Thoyras of tomes 1-17 of Thomas Rymer's Foedera.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. Beginning with the reign of Henry I and continued to the Accession of Richard II; title: Volume 2. Beginning with the reign of Richard II. and ending with that of Edward IV; title: Volume 3. Beginning with the reign of Edward V and ending with that of Queen Mary; title: Volume 4. Beginning with the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and ending with the death of King James I and the marriage treaty of Prince Charles to Henrietta Maria of France. to which is added an appendix.