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Histoire des papes et souverains chefs de l'Église. Contenant les affaires plus memorables advenues sous l'auctorité du Sainct Siege Apostolique, depuis S. Pierre premier Pontife Romain iusques à Paul V. auiourd'huy seant. Le tout fidelement recueilly de divers Historiens, et de plusieurs Tiltres, Memoires et Chroniques non encor imprimées. Tome I.
by Du Chesne, Andre
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Nicolas Buon, 1616. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to (small). Tome I of II only. Apparent first edition. Full contemporary calf. Recently professionally rebacked, calf repairs to joints and upper corner of front board, orig. spine laid down with orig. gilt title and stamped compartments. [16], 946, [26] pp. Engraved title, woodcut intials. Orig. leather cracked, worn to extremities, wear and indentations to front board. A short copy. Several printing errors to page numbers, but signatures and text are continuous. Jumps fro p. 806 to 809 and again from 946 [though printed as 646] to 950 (index), and but text appears continuous, remainder of index unpaged. Faint marginal damp staining sporadically throughout. Sporadic rust spotting and soiling. Browning and some minor sporadic chipping to edges of text block. A few instances of ink notation (foot of title page and last page of index). Armorial bookplate of Francisci Le Brete. Andre Du Chesne [1584-1640] was a French historiographer and geographer to the King of France. A prolific genius and contemporary of the members of the Mersenne circle, he is considered the father of modern history.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014801
- Title
- Histoire des papes et souverains chefs de l'Église. Contenant les affaires plus memorables advenues sous l'auctorité du Sainct Siege Apostolique, depuis S. Pierre premier Pontife Romain iusques à Paul V. auiourd'huy seant. Le tout fidelement recueilly de divers Historiens, et de plusieurs Tiltres, Memoires et Chroniques non encor imprimées. Tome I.
- Author
- Du Chesne, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Nicolas Buon
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1616
- Keywords
- papal history, popes, Andre Du Chesne, Catholic Church, Church history, religious history, Middle French, Francisci le Brete, Holy See, Holy Apostolic See, Saint Peter, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
- Bookseller catalogs
- Church History; Biography; Christianity;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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