[42] pages in French, printed paste-down endpapers. Engraved throughout. Lacks engraved title page by Anthonie de Winter and one etching by Adriaan Schoonebeek. No inscriptions. 124 x 75 mm. Contemporary full calf; spine and edges with scrolling gilt decoration. Well patinated and with some scratches. OCLC, 55709481. WorldCat locates 33 copies worldwide. Guillaume Marcel, was not an historian, but a respected French diplomat and lawyer who negotiated treaties in North Africa and the Ottoman Empire. The tables were meant to serve as a visual roadmap and acted as a memory aid and study guide, helping to view the geopolitical structure.