Author: SLEIDANUS Johannes ( 1506 ? - 1556 ) :
Title: Trois livres des Quatre empires souverains , assavoir de Babylone , de Perse , de Grèce et de Rome , nouvellement mis en lumière par feu Jean Sleidan , peu de temps avant son trépas.
Description: .: 12. S.l. ( Genève ) , chez Jean Crespin, 1557 , in-8°, 134 pp + (6)nn pp (index) + (2)(blank), stitched, with a vellum cover, vellum damaged, large part of backcover missing , corners worn with small loss of paper, the usual small stains but still a good copy. First edition of the last work of Sleidanus in which he exposes his philosophy of history. Text in French. Rare. There exists two different editions with the 1557 imprint; a) with 165 pp (copy in the BN Paris) , b) our copy with 134 pp (identical with the copy in the Brigham Young UL).. .

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