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to Harrisse, the translation was a revision of the partial translation by Pierre Du Ryer (Paris, 1657. 3 v.), its unpublished continuation by Du Pont and others, and the translation of v. 1 and several books of the last volume by Prévost.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 franc̦aises 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 Franc̦ois-Auguste de Thou.

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