[MEXIQUE] Ministerio de la guerra. Codigo de Justicia militar del ejercito frances

Rare first edition of the Spanish translation commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I, with the French text printed opposite (Not in Sabin. Not held at the BnF).

French and Spanish texts printed side by side in two columns.

Contemporary binding in navy blue half calf, spine with four raised bands framed with gilt garlands and decorated gilt compartments, restored to spine and joints; marbled paper boards, cat's-eye patterned endpapers and pastedowns.

Stamp of the Centro de estudios jurídicos "Lex" Mexico, Jul 16 1934, on the half-title and fore-edge ; clean and attractive interior condition.

In 1861, President Juárez's government suspended payment of Mexico's foreign debt. France, one of the country's creditors, seized on the debt issue as a pretext for military intervention, with the backing of Spain—the former colonial power—and Britain. Eventually, in June 1863, Mexico City fell under the control of Napoleon III’s forces.