‎WICQUEFORT (ABRAHAM DE).‎
‎L'Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions. Dernière édition Augmentée des Réflexions sur les Mémoires pour les Ambassadeurs. 2 parts (+) Discours Historique de L'election de L'Empereur et des Electeurs. ‎

‎Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1690. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Small worm-tract on pp. 295-457, 210 far from affecting text. Worm-tract to upper outer margin of Pp. 1-47 (of 'Discours Historique de L'election') slightly touching text, otherwise a fine and clean copy. (4), 457 pp. 219, (49) pp. (2), 266, (1) pp.‎

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‎Later expanded edition, first published in 1682, of Wicquefort’s work on ambassadors and international relations in general. From 1626 to 1658, Wicquefort served as Brandenburg's envoy to the French court. However, Cardinal Mazarin suspected him of involvement in a dubious correspondence and had him imprisoned in the Bastille. After a year he was released with a French pension and moved to The Hague as the representative of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. In 1675 he faced imprisonment again this time by the Dutch government, on charges of treasonous dealings with the French. Sentenced to life and his assets confiscated, he later escaped to Celle, where he died. Brunet V, p.1442‎