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The fortune of France

Truswell; Nostradamus (1503-1566)

1678

Wing (2nd ed.) F1619.

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The politicks of France

Hay, Paul (1630-); Du Moulin, Pierre (1601-1684)

1680

The Reflections on the 4th and 5th chapters has also a title-page: The politicks of France... London: printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Orrell, 1680.

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Title: On the K. of France

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 168- ?

Manuscript: Lt 54

Contents: Satire on Louis XIV, supposing him dead

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Title: Dictum franc (?)

Author: Fairfax, William ?

Date(s): 1620 ?

Manuscript: Lt q 22

Contents: Warning against unstable government, translated from preceding French verses

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The history of France

Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo conte (1606-1678); Monmouth, Henry Carey Earl of (1596-1661); Brent, William (1691)

1676

First edition of this translation. Signatures: [A]²2, B-T⁴4, V²2, Aa-Zz⁴4, aaa⁶6, Aaa-Xxx⁴4. Pages 211, 297, 324-325 incorrectly numbered 215, 397, 320, 313, respectively; no. 149-200, 3...

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Title: In comendation of the King of France

Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester

Date(s): 1669 ?

Manuscript: Lt 55

Contents: Condensed paraphrase of 8 lines of preceding Latin verse,

satirising Louis XIV's expansion of his empire

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France painted to the life

Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)

1657

The first edition of this piracy of Books 1-4 of Heylyn's 'Full relation' appeared in 1656 and preceded the first authorized edition, also published in that year. The piracy adds five chapters (nos. 1...

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Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes

Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste seigneur (1544-1590); Sylvester, Josuah (1563-1618); Hudson, Thomas; Lownes, Humphrey (1629); Hole, William (1624)

[1611]

8 leaves per gathering, horizontal chainlines. Engraved t.-p. by W. Hole; title within architectural border. Colophon gives Arthur Iohnson as bookseller and 1611 as publication date. "The histor...

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The historie of the civill warres of France

Davila, Arrigo Caterino (1576-1631); Cotterell, Sir Charles (1612?-1702); Aylesbury, William (1615-1656)

1647

Initials of translators, Charles Cotterell & William Aylesbury, form a monogram vignette on t.-p. Full names appear at end of the Epistle dedicatory (to Charles I).

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The history of the civil wars of France

Davila, Arrigo Caterino (1576-1631); Cotterell, Sir Charles (1612?-1702); Aylesbury, William (1615-1656)

1678

Wing (2nd ed.) D414.

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Charles VI of France (image 35)
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Charles VI of France (image 35)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel has Charles VI of France enthroned (59).

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Charles VII of France (image 36)
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Charles VII of France (image 36)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel has Charles VII of France enthroned (60).

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