Les AMBASSADES et NEGOTIATIONS (1633) JACQUES DAVY du PERRON, In French, VELLUM

Description: Les Ambassades et Negotiations by Jacques Davy du Perron [Most Reverend Cardinal] Paris, France 1633 Full vellum rebind, some wear, discoloration. Leaves good; toning, few w/darkening at corner, numbers at spine, endps., Biblioth. Semin. Philad. stamp at title page. Bind intact; front, back hinges reinforced. In the original French. From title: The Embassies and Negotiations of the Most Reverend Cardinal of Perron, Primate of the Gauls & of Germania, & Grand Aumosnier of France. With the most beautiful & eloquent letters, of doctrine, on all sorts of topics, to Roys, Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Republics, Great Lords & Others. And those that have been addressed on their part. As the editions of 1623 and 1629, this third output is dedicated to Pierre Brûlart, Viscount of Puysieux (1583-1640), Secretary of state and Grand Treasurer, who was the son of the chancellor Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and had negotiated the divorce and remarriage of King Henri IV with Marie de Medici. Jacques Davy du Perron (1556-1618) spent his youth in Switzerland where S'were refugees his parents Calvinists. In 1576, he came to Paris where on the advice of the poet Philippe Desportes, and obtained the place of reader of Henri III, which enabled him a free course of study and poetry. At the death of the last Valois, he was noticed by Henri IV, who gave him the bishopric of Évreux. Close to the new king, he used this influence, and in 1595, he obtained, assisted by the Abbot Arnaud d'Ossat, his absolution from Pope Clement VIII. Consecrated bishop in Rome, he began preaching and provoked many conversions. 1316 pages and a table of letters and negotiations. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Insured post.

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