[LOUIS XVI] (1754-1793). King of France.
Ordonnance du roi, Portant la déclaration de Guerre contre le Roi d'Angleterre. Du 9 Juin 1756.
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR FRANCE DECLARES WAR AGAINST BRITAIN.
Citing British provocation in North America and the harassment of French shipping, the French King declares war on Britain, and so starts what some historians have come to term World War Zero.
“All of Europe which sees the jealousy, ambition and greed which animates the one, and the principles of honour, justice and moderation with which the other conducts itself.”
Provenance: Sir Lester Harmsworth. Acquired by Maggs at Sotheby’s in January 1952.
OCLC locates 6 copies. Wroth & Annan, 1551; not in Sabin.
