Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.) The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. 4to, later 1/2 calf; minor wear; front hinge split; bookplates of Oscar Benjamin Cintas and Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. London, 1763

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first edition of the Treaty of Paris which concluded the Seven Years' War. In this momentous treaty, England received Canada from France, and Florida from Spain, which established English hegemony east of the Mississippi. The signatories were Great Britain, France and Spain--the Most Christian King of the title was Louis XV, King of France. Printed in French and English. Howes D213; Sabin 19275; Swann Parreño sale, 9 March 1978, lot 833.