Author: L'ECLUSE DES LOGES, PIERRE-MATHURIN DE (1715/16-1783)
Title: Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch, ... Translated from the French. To which is added, the tryal of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great [complete in 6 volumes]
Description: London : printed for J. Rivington and Sons. J. Dodsley. S. Crowder. G. Robinson. T. Cadell. and T. Evans 1778. Fifth Edition. Very good copies all in the original. full aniline calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with red and black Morocco gilt-blocked labels; very impressively finished. Generalized wear to some of the boards. Scattered foxing. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Thomas Burne with his bookplate to vols. 2. 3. 6 and 6. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 6v. plates : fronts. ports. ; 17cm. Subjects: Sully. Maximilien de Béthune. duc de. 1559-1641 -- Biography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog. ESTCN21986. Notes: Lacks folding map. A very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges. The translator's dedication signed: Charlotte Lennox. The dedication is signed by the translator: Charlotte Lennox. but it is said to have been in fact written by Samuel Johnson.Weight in Kg appr.:

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