ROYAL BINDING OF QUEEN MARIE LESZCZYŃSKA. ROUSSET (DE MISSY), Les interêts presens des puissances de l’Europe, 1733. 2 volumes.
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ROUSSET (DE MISSY), JEAN. Les interêts presens des puissances de l’Europe, fondez sur les traitez conclus depuis la paix d’Utrecht inclusivement, & sur les preuves de leurs prétensions particulieres. I-II (more published, see below). La Haye, chez Adrien Moetjens, 1733.
4:o (about 242x191 mm.). (24), (1)-608, (36); (8), (3), 4-768 pp. 2 titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 1 engraved vignette.
Contemporary dark red full morocco bindings, very slightly worn, gilt borders, within corners french lilies, on middle of covers the superexlibris of queen Marie Leszczyńska, gilt inner borders, inner doublures and first endpaper of gilt brocade paper, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spine (french lilies) in six compartments, all edges gilt. Stamped in black on titles "QUE CROIRE". Text partly somewhat browned. 2 volumes.
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (1703 – 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanisław Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years and 9 months service was the longest of any queen in French history.
Jean Rousset de Missy (1682-1762) had contributed to the first collection of treaties in the world, the Corps Universel Diplomatique du Droit des Gens (1726-1731, edited by Jean Dumont). Les Intérêts présens des puissances de l'Europe, first published in 1733 in 2 vols. “was published to serve as a practical alternative to the 8 folio volumes of the Corps Universel".
A complete set consists of: Tome Premier (1733) 608 pag.; Tome Second (1733) 768 pag.; Les interets presens et les pretensions des puissances de l'Europe, tome I partie II (1735) 816 pag.; Supplement a la premiere edition des interets presens et des pretensions des puissances de l'Europe (1736), 379 pag.; Supplement au tome II de la premiere edition aux preuves des interets presens des puissances de l'Europe (no year) 111 pag.; Supplement aux interets presens et aux pretensions des puissances de l'Europe (no year) 120 pag.; Suite du supplement aux preuves des interets presens et des pretensions des puissances de l'Europe (no year), 117 pag.
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