Papers relative to the late negociation at lisle, laid before both houses of parliament, by his majesty's command

[London?]: [s.n.], [1797?] 80pp. Without half-title. Stitched, as issued. Title page and final leaf browned and dusty, loss to head and foot of both, partial early inked ownership inscription to head of title, several wormtracks running through text block - touching text at times, without loss of sense. A rare survival, in original unsophisticated state, of the sole edition of a pamphlet issued at the request of George III, reproducing dispatches relating to the fruitless negotiations held at Lisle in 1797 in an effort to bring peace between Britain and the French Directory. The British cause was represented by James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820); the Republic by plenipotentiaries Hugues-Bernard Maret, Georges Rene Le Peley de Pleville and Etienne Louis Francois Honore Letourner. Malmesbury arrived on 30th May, but, after proceedings were purposely protracted by the Directory, he returned home on the 20th September without having made any progress towards a cessation of hostilities. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, and Oxford); and a further eight worldwide (Harvard, Huntington, Illinois, Kansas, NLA, NYPL, Sydney, and Toronto). ESTC T111265.. First edition. 12mo.