Lot 952
  • 952

Hurault, Michel

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • Hurault, Michel
  • A Discourse upon the Present State of France. N.p. [Holland, probably Amsterdam], 1588
  • ink paper and calf
4to (7 x 5 in.; 180 x 130 mm). Half-title (marked A), engraved frontispiece, one engraved initial. Modern brown calf; front cover loose.

Provenance

acquisition: Maggs

Literature

STC, 14003; A-M4, iVi

Catalogue Note

First edition in English. This pamphlet against religious wars in France was published after Henry III, King of France, escaped from Paris. Michel Hurault was a Calvinist, and friend of Henry IV, King of France.