Author: THOU, (Jacques-Auguste) de [1553-1617]
Title: Jac. Augusti Thuani Historiarum sui temporis tomus primus. Libri I- XXIV.
Description: Londini : Excudi curavit Samuel Buckley, MDCCXXXIII, (Londini, Imprimebat Henricus Woodfall), 1733, in-folio, frontispice-portrait (de Thou), (J. Chereau sculp) 2 leaves (half-title and title pinted in bl. & red with engr. vignette) + XII (with engraved medals on top of dedication + engraved view of a (beautiful) library with 'Non sibi sed toti' (not for self but for all) + 72 p. + 22 p. (with engraved heading 'Henry III ...' + 3 leaves greek text signed 'JACOBI' + 8 p. (Names of subscribers to this edition) + 834 p. (engraved heading 2 medals 'Impt. Caes Carolus / Philippus Augt Caroli' & last page with fine engraved 'fin de châpitre') + 1 leaf 'Kalendarium Romanum' wide margins, some mild foxing on some of the pages, Volume 1 of the best latin edition / vol. 1 de la meilleure édition en latin. Original half-calf, spine richly gilt, boards a bt scuffed / reliure en d-veau, dos richement orné or, tranches marbnrées. ¶ Autor: Jacques-Auguste de Thou; Nicolaus Rigaltius; Buckley, Samuel (Londen). Belle reliure d'époque avec petits acc. Superbe portrait gravé avec plusieurs en-têtes et fin de châpitre gravés. Bel ex. du première volume. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Keywords: history histoire