rif. FSSbaBAS31Cologne: Pierre du Marteau 1668. 1668. 4 Volumes. in 2. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l. 188 ie.388; 269; 1 p.l. 163; 1 p.l. 316. sphere device on titles. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt backs neat repairs to spines head of spine of Vol. I chipped. armorial bookplates of Charreton. Counterfeit Editions published the same year as the first. While Bassompierre's military exploits in the service of Henri IV earned him great honour and distinction as a diplomatist his career was a failure. This collection of accounts relates his successive unsucccessful diplomatic missions to Spain 1621; where he was responsible for signing the Treaty of Madrid Switzerland 1625 and England 1626. Brunet I 695. Cioranescu 10279-10281. Willems 1783n. Rahir 2334. Goldsmith BM STC French B332 B334 B341. Hardcover. Cologne: Pierre du Marteau, 1668. Hardcover