Author: Matthieu,Pierre translation Edward Grimston
Title: THE HEROYK LIFE AND DEPLORABLE DEATH OF THE MOST CHRISTIAN KING HENRY THE FOURTH Addressed to His Imortal Memory
Description: London, [ George Eld] [1612] text woodcut + foliated initial letters and headpieces. . sm.4to contemporary vellum blind ruled First 4 Leaves in Facsimile +135pp + 134-189pp + 183-190pp + [1] +170pp + [30]pp Some foxing and a few corner stains and damp staining towards the end of Part 2 while THE TROPHEIS {sic] has darker staining for 11 leaeves which becomes quite light to the end.The pages are well attached and without signs of handling.A translation of: Histoire de la mort de´plorable de Henry IIII. With the inclusion of "A panegyre: containing the life and heroyck deeds of the most Christian King Henry the fourth" [this is a caption title of a translation by Josuah Sylvester from an unknown source and it with a new pagination but a continuous signature. It also contains "The Tropheis of the life and tragaedie of the death of ... Henry the Great ... Translated .. by Ios. Syl."[=Josuah Sylvester] in verse.

Keywords: History life of French King


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