- 165
[Pinselet, Charles]
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description
- Le martyre des deux frères contenant au vray toutes les particularitez plus notables des massacres, & assassinats, commis és personnes de tres-hauts, tres-puissans, & tres-chrestiens Princes, Messeigneurs le Reverendissime Cardinal de Guyse Archevesque de Reins. Et de Monseigneur le Duc de Guyse Pairs de France. Par Henry de Valois a la face des Estats dernierement assemblez a Bloys. [Paris], 1589
- Paper
8vo (155 x 95mm.), A-H4 I2 (I2 blank), woodcut initial and typographic headpiece, with final blank leaf, nineteenth-century straight-grained red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, flyleaves becoming detached
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin Didot, note on front flyleaf
Literature
French Vernacular Books 43732 (giving collation A-I4, I4 blank)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Pinselet was a Catholic polemicist who wrote this tract after the murder in December 1588 of Henri, duc de Guise and his brother Louis, Cardinal de Guise who were the leaders of the Catholic League in the French Wars of Religion. Pinselet accused the king, Henri III, of sodomy with his close confidant Épernon whom Henri had used as his negotiator with the Huguenots. This is one of several editions published in 1589 as part of a substantial propaganda campaign against Henri, which presumably worked as Henri himself was assassinated in August 1589. Christopher Marlowe made use of Pinselet's text for The Massacre at Paris (1593).