SCHOELL Frédéric et KOCH Christophe Guillaume
Short history of peace treaties between the powers of Europe since the Peace of Westphalia. Work completely recast, expanded and continued until the Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Paris of 1815 by F. Schoell. Paris, chez Gide Fils, 1817. 15 volumes in-8, long grain red half-marocco with small corners, crowned figure in the center, smooth spine, untrimmed (Binding at the time).
A monument of historical knowledge and public law. The history of European peace treaties was first undertaken by Christophe Guillaume Koch (1737-1813), who published four volumes of abridged versions in Basel in 1796 and 1797. This Alsatian, a lawyer by training, was rector of the University of Strasbourg, elected deputy for the Bas-Rhin in the Legislative Assembly of 1791, then imprisoned under the Terror. From 1802 to 1807, he was a member of the Tribunat, responsible for discussing bills. Napoleon decorated him with the Legion of Honour in 1813. On his death, his pupil, friend and disciple Frédéric Schoell (1766-1833), a diplomat who took part for Prussia in the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna, undertook to complete and
extend the work. The result was this unparalleled sum which reviews, explains, analyses and comments on all the peace treaties, from that of Westphalia in 1648 to the Treaty of Paris in 1815, after the defeat of Waterloo.
A copy with the arms of Marie-Louise, Duchess of Parma, former empress of the French.
Some freckles. Restoration to a few headdresses.
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