BOUGEANT (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), père - Lot 388

BOUGEANT (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), père Histoire des guerres et des négociations qui précèdent le traité de Westphalie sous le règne de Louis XIII & le ministère du cardinal de Richelieu & du cardinal Mazarin. Paris, Mariette, 1744. 3 volumes in-4: 6f, 599pp, 16f (tables) / 1f, 656pp / 5f, 660pp, 2f (tables). Contemporary glazed marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spines, red title-pieces, fawn tomaisons, 2 limed headpieces, 2 stretched headpieces, small leather loss at foot of volume II, triple cold fillet framing the boards, slight rubbing and spotting, gilt roulette on edges, small leather loss on edges, corners dulled, red edges. First edition. A reference work on this period. The treaties signed at Munster and Onasbruck led to the independence of the Netherlands, while France inherited the counties of Upper Alsace, Metz and Toul.