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[ESTIENNE, HENRI?], Discours Merveilleux de la Vie, Actions & Déportemens de Catherine de Medicis Royne , déclarant tous les moyens q'elle a tenus pour usurper le gouvernement du Royaume de France et ruiner l'éstat d'iceluy.
Paris: Selon la Copie Imprimée ê Paris, 1649. Fourth edition. 8vo. 138, (2) pp. Nineteenth-century brown polished calf, marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait of Catherine de Medicis inserted. Joints rubbed and starting. Early ink notation on title and final page. Barbier I 1020. ¶ First published in 1575, followed by 1576 and 1578. Brunet doubts the attribution to Henri Estienne, on the grounds that Estienne had nothing against Catherine. The book has also been attributed to Théodore de Bèze and Jean de Serre
Offered for US$ 550.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 25247