ON RANKS AND PRECEDENCE IN EUROPEAN COURTS

ROUSSET (JEAN ROUSSET DE MISSEY)

Memoires sur le Rang et la Preseance entre les Souverains de l'Europe et entre leurs ministres representans suivant leurs differens Caracteres.pour servir de supplement a l'Ambassadeur et ses fonctions de Mr. de Wicquefort.

Amsterdam, Francois l'Honore et Fils, 1746.

4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, boards with a few stains. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally very fine and clean, a nice copy. (8), 237, (3) pp.

Uncommon first edition of this work on rank and precedence in the courts of Europe. De Missy wrote several works on international law, several of them becoming reference works for diplomats.
Jean Rousset de Missy (1686 – 1762) was a French Huguenot writer, a renowned historian and author on international law and a prolific journalist.

Order-nr.: 60821