LEGRAIN, Jean-Baptiste. Decade containing the life and deeds - Lot 228

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LEGRAIN, Jean-Baptiste. Decade containing the life and deeds - Lot 228
LEGRAIN, Jean-Baptiste. Decade containing the life and deeds of Henry the Great. Rouen edition of this important history of the reign of Henry IV. Rouen, Veuve du Bosc, 1633. Fort in-4, tan calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilded fleurons and boxes, burgundy title page, gilded double-fillet framing. T., (8) ff, 1040 pp, (12) ff. Joints damaged, stains and epidermis on boards, corners restored. Second edition after the Paris original of 1614, an extensive history of France since the Treaty of Cambrai in 1559. Jean-Baptiste Legrain (1565-1642) was a historian who frequented the court of Henri IV, who appointed him advisor and maître des requêtes at the Hôtel de Marie de Médicis. A good, fresh copy.
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