A COLLECTION OF ALL THE TREATIES OF PEACE, ALLIANCE, AND COMMERCE BETWEEN GREAT-BRITAIN AND OTHER POWERS, FROM THE TREATY SIGNED AT MUNSTER IN 1648, TO THE TREATIES SIGNED AT PARIS IN 1783.
[British Treaties]:
London. 1785. Three volumes. vii,[1],xlviii,399; 413,[3]; 434,[4]pp. Contemporary tree calf, gilt morocco labels. Slight wear to spine ends and corners. Old ownership signature on each titlepage. Overall, a fine set. An important collection of treaties, including such pieces of American interest as the 1670 treaty with Spain making peace in America, a 1730 English treaty with the Cherokees, the 1763 treaty ending the French and Indian War, and all of the treaties regarding the settlement of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Includes a long prefatory essay by Charles Jenkinson on the conduct of the government of Great Britain concerning neutral nations. Each volume contains a thorough table of contents. SABIN 14372.
(Item ID: WRCAM35458) $1,500.00