1731 Les Memoires de Messire Michel de Castelnau

Description: Les Memoires de Messire Michel de Castelnau, Seigneur de Mauvissiere, Illustrez et Augmentez de Plusieurs Commentaires & Manuscripts, tang Lettres, Instructions, Traitez, qu’autres Pieces secrettes & originales, servans à donner la verité de l’Histoire des Regnes de François II. Charles IX. & Henry III. & de la Regence & du gouvernement de Catherine de Medici. Nouvelle Edition, révûë avec foin & augmentée de plufieurs Manuscrits. Avec prés de 400. Armories gravées en taille-deuce, &c. Tome Premier, Tome Second, A Bruxelles: Chez Jean Leonard, 1731, fine binding, full leather, 864 pp, 728 pp, not a complete set, missing Vol. III, 16 x 10”, folios. In good condition. Typical wear to extremities. Leather boards exhibit light soiling. Edges and tips of leather worn to boards. Vol. I’s front hinge beginning to split at bottom. Head and tail of spine on Vol. I lacking. Gilt spine labels and designs bright and clean. All edges red on all volumes. Red rot exhibited to spines of both volumes. Vol. II’s tail of spine lacking. Marbled preliminary and end pages in both volumes; bright colors. Ex-library plate on both volume’s front pastedowns: Yale University Library 1923. A second previous ownership sticker on top left corner of both pastedowns. Front gutters beginning to split, cording visible. Textblocks in good condition. Some instances of finger soiling, ink staining, and possible water dampness staining. Frontispiece in good condition. Some instances of off-setting. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Michel de Castelnau, Sieur de la Mauvissière (1520-1592) was a French soldier and diplomat, ambassador to Queen Elizabeth. He wrote these memoirs covering the period between 1559 and 1570. The memoirs rank very high among the original authorities for the period they cover (11 years). They were written during his last embassy in England for the benefit of his son, and they possess the merits of clearness, veracity, and impartiality. They were first printed in 1621; then in 1659 and 1731 as two volume folios. These editions present very well, and are able to be handled/read through with care. FORN-MSB-0623-0707-HK123

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