Castelnaus memoires
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CASTELNAU, M. DE. Les memoires... Ausquelles sont traictées les choses plus remarquables qu´il a veuës & negotiées en France, Angleterre, & Escosse, soubs les rois Francois II. & Charles IX. tant en temps de paix qu´en temps de guerre. Paris (chez Samuel Thiboust) 1621.
4:o. (16), 3-375, 378-450, 449-479, (1), (24, last blank)m pp.
Contemporary full leather, worn, faded gilt spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges, lower edge with handwritten title. Title and first 4 leaves dampstained in upper inner part, last 16 leaves partly dampstained. Old signature dated 1673 on title.
Michel de Castelnau (1520-1592), French soldier and ambassador to Queen Elisabeth I of England. The memoires covers mainly the years 1559-1570, and were written during Castelnaus last embassy to England, and is ranked high among the original authorities of the time.
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Auktionsnummer:
150969
Datum:
2012-10-08