(Bilain,A.). Reginae christianissimae jura in ducatum Brabantiae, et alios ditionis Hispanicae principatus. No place or publisher (Paris, Imprimerie Royale), 1667. In-12; 336 pp. - ╔Binding: [JOLY, Guy].╗ Observationes sive responsio ad duos tractatus Bruxellis editos adversus Reginae christianissimae jus in Brabantiam, & in alias quasdam Belgii provincias. Paris, printer's mark of the Imprimerie Royale (forged, presumably Dutch printing), 1667. 112 pp, 1 leaf; spinebound d. With gilt-stamped edges. Deals with France's claims to the Spanish Netherlands, which were asserted as a result of Louis XIV's marriage to Maria Teresa of Spain and led to the Revolutionary War of 1667/68.

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