1668 History of FRANCE Mezeray Clovis Pharamond Legends St Louis IX Portraits 3v

1668 History of FRANCE Mezeray Clovis Pharamond Legends St Louis IX Portraits 3v

François de Mézeray was a 17^th-century French historian most known for his ‘History of France’. While many such historical works exist, Mézeray’s approach is a bit different in that he sought to collect and summarize existing French and Latin chronicles. This impressive work covers the historical period from the early 5th-century Clovis and the legends of Pharamond, to the 14th-century reign of Francis I. Other notable royals including Hugh Capet, Charles III, Clovis, and Pepin the Short.

This 1668 edition of Mezeray’s famous work features 59 impressive portrait engravings of the French royals.

Item number: #9579

Price: $750

MEZERAY, François Eudes de

Abrégé chronologique ou extraict de l’histoire de France par le Sieur de Mezeray, Historiographe de France. Divisé en trois tomes

A Paris : Chez Louis Billaine, en la Grand’ Salle du Palais, à la Palme, & au Grand Cesar, MDCLXVIII. [1668].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
  • 1 – [14], 528, [32]
    • 45 engraved portraits
  • 2 – [6], 529-985, [29]
    • 10 engraved portraits
  • 3 – [7], 986-1489, [37]
    • 4 engraved portraits
  • Provenance: Bookplate – Du Cabinet de Monsieur de Thomas-Lavalette
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Size: ~10.5in X 8in (26.5cm x 20.5cm)

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