SAINT DISDIER, Histoire des Négotiations de Nimègue, 1680
SAINT DISDIER, Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de.
Histoire des Négotiations de Nimègue.
Paris [Hollande], Claude Barbin, 1680.
12mo (145x79 mm), (20)-330-(20) pages. binding : XIXth century full morocco signed by Niedrée. Inner gilden. All edges gilden. Waterstain on first cover.
Counterfeit edition of the title à la sphere (probably Dutch), taken from the Barbin edition in Paris.
The peace of Nijmegen marks the end of the Dutch war, it places France at the forefront of European geopolitics. On this occasion, France annexed Franche-Comté. It is the triumph of Louis XIV as a warrior king.