The life of Henry the Fourth of France, translated from the French of Perefix, by M. Le Moine ..
Translation of: Histoire du roi Henri le Grand. Numbers 447-456 repeated in the pagination. Printed in Didot's elegant Roman type. A fine French eighteenth century armorial binding on a copy, on papier d'Hollande, of what is no doubt the only English book printed by Francois-Ambroise Didot, eight years before John Hurford Stone started his English Press in Paris.
Artwork Details
- Title: The life of Henry the Fourth of France, translated from the French of Perefix, by M. Le Moine ..
- Author: Hardouin de Perefixe (French)
- Translator: L. H. Le Moine
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 456 pages; 21 cm. (8vo in 4s)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
- Object Number: DC122.8 .P413 1785
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