The Police of France, Or, an Account of the Laws & Regulations Established in That Kingdom, for the Preservation of Peace, and the Preventing of Robberies: To Which Is Added, a Particular Description of the Police and Government of the City of Paris.

Sir William Mildmay

Verlag: London: Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison, 1763

Beschreibung

London: E. Owen and T. Harrison, 1763. 4to. 138pp. Inscribed by Sir William Mildmay. Three-quarter bound in dark brown contemporary calf-skin leather with brown marbled boards. 4 raised bands. 5 compartments. Spine label with gilt lettering. Gilt embellishments along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Minimal shelf wear. Slight rubbing to boards and spine edges. Minor scattered foxing. Owners inscription over preface. Upper corner of final seven leaves repaired. Sir William Mildmays inscription at end of preface. A descriptive account of the laws and policing of France shortly following the war of Austrian succession, and during the 7 Years War from the eyes of an English liason. Published in the same year as the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Includes not only laws of the time, but the salaries of different ranks of officers. Mildmay was a British lawyer, born in India, and known for his time spent in France. Upon entering the bar, Mildmay worked in a minor capacity for British government officials, which eventually earned him a place with William Shirley on the Anglo-French Commission in Paris from 1750-1755. The purpose of the commission was to settle the final disputed sections of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, signed in 1748, to end the War of Austrian Succession. Issues at hand included the boundaries of Nova Scotia; the right to the islands of St. Lucia, Tobago, St. Vincent, and Dominica; and the accounts of prizes taken at sea after the signing of the preliminary articles of peace. Mildmay was separately commissioned to effect the exchange of prisoners. In May 1752, Ruvigny de Cosne, secretary of the British embassy in Paris, succeeded Shirley. Negotiations dragged on for several years, and the failure of the commission to conclude a lasting treaty with France influenced the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756. After the commission finished its mission in 1755, Mildmay returned to England, where he wrote an official report on the commission. Mildmay wrote several books on French society based on his time living in France. During the Seven Years' War, Mildmay served as a captain in the militia, and later as sheriff of Essex. A collectible copy in very good condition. Ships daily. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1110210001

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Titel: The Police of France, Or, an Account of the ...

Verlag: London: Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison

Erscheinungsdatum: 1763

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good