Author: ST. PREST, JEAN YVES DE, LE COMTE D'AVAUX.
Title: Memoires Des Traites De Paix
Description: No publisher, Orig. Manuscript. 1715, The Original Manuscript. Half-Leather, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book, Original Manuscript complete of the Livres I, II, III-1 & III-2 (Vol.I just up to pp.241) of his well known "L'Histoire Des Traites de Paix" Et Autres Negotiations des 17 e Siecle depuis la Paix de Vervins, Jusque a La Paix de Nimegue in 1679. as published in 1725, (Amsterdam; Bernard & La Haye; Vaillant et Prevost.) 471 + 87 pp.Uncut, written in a very legible, fine hand, appr. 35 lines to the page. Fine paper, broad margins. Bound in XIX-Th Century 1/2 leather, Spine with raised bands, red Morocco title piece and "Fleur de Lys" decoration. Saint Prest, was the foreign-affairs minister from 1682 up to 1715. Very Good/No Jacket.

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