Thévet, André

2 volumes, folio (383 x 243mm.), 2 engraved title-pages, engraved armorial portrait of Henri III with sonnet by Scévole de Ste Marthe, woodcut initials and headpieces, numerous finely-engraved portraits, later brown calf, gilt, without blank leaf Gg3, first title-page bound after portrait (and possibly supplied from another copy), second title-page present, but bound out of order, repaired hole to portrait leaf, small holes in a3-5, loss of bottom corner to 4H4 (not affecting text), minor scattered spotting and browning, a few tears, small wormholes in upper margin at end of vol.2, binding refurbished

Mortimer, Harvard French 518

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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FIRST EDITION. From Greek scientists to contemporary French kings, Sappho to Joan of Arc, Scanderbeg to St Augustine, Matthias Corvinus to William the Conqueror, Cortes to Charles V, Thevet's comprehensive series of biographies covered all aspects of religion, learning, history and politics.