CONVENTION FOR A SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES WITH FRANCE
1814 · London
by [Great Britain
London, 1814. 15pp. Printed in French and English on facing pages. Half title. Small quarto. Dbd. Very good. A rare printing of the proposed articles which soon after became the Treaty of Paris between Great Britain and France, ending the major phase of the Napoleonic Wars, with far- reaching considerations for the entire world. The treaty was eventually signed just over a month later. By this treaty the French Royal family was restored to the throne they had lost for a generation, and warfare on the Continent ceased, resumed only for the brief interlude of Waterloo. Napoleon had abdicated the French throne the same month this work was printed, and the convention of diplomats was proposed since France was now "reinstated under a Government whose principles offer the necessary guarantees for the maintenance of Peace.... (Inventory #: WRCAM12698)