RT Book
T1 Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou: depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'édition latine de Londres ...
A1 Thou, Jacques-Auguste de 1553-1617
A2 Desfontaines 1685-1745.
A2 Prévost 1697-1763.
A2 Du Ryer, Pierre d. 1658.
A2 Du Pont, Francois d. ca. 1725.
A2 Fabre, Jean Claude 1668-1753.
A2 Rigault, Nicolas 1577-1654.
A2 Dupuy, Pierre 1582-1651.
A2 Adams, John 1735-1826
LA French
PP Londres i.e. Paris
PB [s.n.]
YR 1734
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1893593363
NO Engraved frontispiece on verso facing t.p., v. 1. - T.p. printed in red and black. - Errata at end of each volume. - Includes full and half t.p. in each volume. - The imprint is false; probably printed in Paris. - Edited by Defontaines, whose collaborators are said to have included Jacques Adam, Charles Lebeau, Nicolas Leduc, J.B. Le Mascrier, Georgeon (who wrote the preface) and Fabre (table of contents). According to Harrisse, the translation was a revision of the partial translation by Pierre Du Ryer (Paris, 1657. 3 v.), its unpublished continuation by Du Pont and others, and the translation of v. 1 and several books of the last volume by Prévost. Prévost's translation of v. 1 was published at the Hague in 1733 -- cf. Harrisse, H. Le président de Thou et ... les traductions francaises de J.-A. Thuani Historiarum sui temporis. Paris, 1905, p. 98-130. - Notes by P. Dupuis. --cf. Quérard; Brit. Mus. Catalogue. - Vol. 1 includes Mémoires de la vie de J.A. de Thou; Poésies latines de J.A. de Thou; Préface à Henri IV. - Vol. 15: Suite de l'Histoire de J.A. de Thou, par N. Rigault; Pieces concernant l'Histoire; Mémoires et instructions pour servir à justifier l'innocence de Messire Francois-Auguste de Thou. - Vol. 16: Table des matières. - John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library;BRL
CN D 228
K1 Thou, François de : 1607-1642
K1 History, Modern : Early works to 1800
K1 Marbled papers
K1 Europe : Early works to 1800 : History : 1517-1648
K1 France : Early works to 1800 : History : Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598
K1 France : Early works to 1800 : History : Henry IV, 1589-1610
K1 History