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Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune : Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great : containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch and his own administration under him
Uniform Title
Mémoires de Maximilien de Bethune. English
Title
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune : Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great : containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch and his own administration under him / translated from the French by the author of the female Quixote ; to which is added, the tryal of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great.
Edition
A new edition.
Published
London : Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
Physical Description
5 v. : ports. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN 2004 292: Unidentified armorial bookplate: LAD. Bookplate: Dennis F. Ward.
Notes
A very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges.
The dedication is signed by the translator, Charlotte Lennox, but it is said to have been in fact written by Samuel Johnson.
Cf. Hazen, Allen T., Samuel Johnson's prefaces & dedications. New Haven, 1937, pp. 110-116.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 13, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
References
English short title catalogue, T143317
Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 56.11LS/6
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Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
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