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1752Best.-Nr. 281220A Londres 1752. Nouvelle edition revue & corrigee. Softcover. Poor copy wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 17 cm 12mo. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1559-1641. France History Henry IV 1589-1610. A Londres paperback
1753Best.-Nr. 261919London: 1753. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy in the original full gilt-blocked tree calf. Spine bands and panel edges are dulled and toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Physical description: 577 pages. Subjects: Henry IV King of France 1553-1610 — Early works to 1800. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1560-1641. History. London: hardcover
1753Best.-Nr. 261920London: 1753. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy in the original full gilt-blocked tree calf. Spine bands and panel edges are dulled and toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Physical description: 567 pages. Subjects: Henry IV King of France 1553-1610 — Early works to 1800. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1560-1641. History. London: hardcover
1753Best.-Nr. 261922London: 1753. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original full gilt-blocked tree calf. Spine bands and panel edges are dulled and toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Front panel is now detached from the copy. Physical description: 378 pages. Subjects: Henry IV King of France 1553-1610 — Early works to 1800. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1560-1641. History. London: hardcover
1753Best.-Nr. 261921London: 1753. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original full gilt-blocked tree calf. Spine bands and panel edges are dulled and toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Front panel is now detached from the copy. Physical description: 489 pages. Subjects: Henry IV King of France 1553-1610 — Early works to 1800. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1560-1641. History. London: hardcover
1822Best.-Nr. 252826A Paris: chez étienne ledoux libraire 1822. Nouvelle Édition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 2 vols. : ports ; 21 cm. Contents; Tome Deuxieme. Tome Troisieme. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France — History — Henry IV 1589-1610. Genre; Illustrated. A Paris: chez étienne ledoux, libraire hardcover
1747Best.-Nr. 103409London 1747. Full-Leather. Very Good. 3 vols.: Vol. 1: xxxvi 607; Vol. 2: x 612; Vol. 3: vi 617 p. 25 cm. Vol. 1 has engraved frontispiece and engraved portraits of the author as well as Henry IV of France. Title page and a few other vignettes. Black and red titles. Full leather with raised bands. Gold impressing on spines. Lower spine labels nearly completely chipped away. Some slight chipping at spine ends. Corners bumped. Hinges cracking. Labels for "Minto" on front pastedowns. Slight thumbing soiling foxing throughout. Volume I: Page 53 has chipped bottom corner. Small worm hole in rear board. Maximilien de Bèthune duc de Sully 1560 - 1641 was a soldier minister Huguenot and superintendent of finances to Henry IV of France until that king was assassinated. His memoirs written in the second person are valuable as historical documents and as an autobiography - despite the fact that they contain many fictions such as a mission undertaken by Sully to Queen Elizabeth I in 1601. hardcover
1752Best.-Nr. 55941a Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt spines tan and green title labels. Bookplate. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. " Sully 1560-1641 was an agrarian in the fullest sense of the term. He believed that cattle breeding and agriculture constituted the only true wealth of France. He therefore encouraged land clearing undertook irrigation projects and constructed roads and canals. His principal work was concerned with financial administration. He reconstructed an administration which had been dislocated by 30 yrs of civil war. He established a rigorous control. The economy realized in the reduction of the public debt and in the correction of abuses served to provide for the protection of the national frontiers and to furnish the army with an effective artillery" Encyclopdia of Social Sciences Volumes 13/14 p. 460. Chez Barrillot & Fils unknown
1752Best.-Nr. 55941a Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt spines tan and green title labels. Bookplate. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. " Sully 1560-1641 was an agrarian in the fullest sense of the term. He believed that cattle breeding and agriculture constituted the only true wealth of France. He therefore encouraged land clearing undertook irrigation projects and constructed roads and canals. His principal work was concerned with financial administration. He reconstructed an administration which had been dislocated by 30 yrs of civil war. He established a rigorous control. The economy realized in the reduction of the public debt and in the correction of abuses served to provide for the protection of the national frontiers and to furnish the army with an effective artillery" Encyclopdia of Social Sciences Volumes 13/14 p. 460. Chez Barrillot & Fils unknown books
1638Best.-Nr. 1353033Amsterdam Château de Sully: Alethinosgraphe de Clearetimelee Château de Sully 1638. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio 6 8 535 pages 8 448 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Full calf repaired with banded spine and gilt lettering. Boards show light wear to edges light plus bumping to top corners and light shelf-wear overall. Text-block has light plus soiling to top- and fore-edge and very light uneven age-toning. Hand-colored Author's devices on title-pages of each volume. Authentic first edition from the author's private press in the Chateau de Sully Sully's poem "Paralella Caesaris Et Henrici Magni" appears in both Latin and French in non-italic font not one of the many forgeries issued around the same time. RW Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. 1353033. Special Collections. Alethinosgraphe de Clearetimelee [Château de Sully] hardcover books
1664Best.-Nr. 11842Paris: chez Lovis Billaine 1664. leather_bound. stark abgenutzt. Titelei 5 Blatt 587 Seiten; Titelei 3 Bl. 623 S. Leder der Zeit mit ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung. Folio 37 x 23 cm. bestossen berieben Bezug mit Fehlstellen Erster Titel und letztes Blatt eingerissen Titel mit Ausrissen ohne Textverlust innen nur wenig gebräunt resp. braunfleckig. Maximilian von Béthune Herzog von Sully Baron dann Marquis von Rosny geb. 13. Dezember 1560 in Rosny bei Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines; gest. 21. Dezember 1641 in Villebon Eure-et-Loir 20 km westlich von Chartres war ein hochrangiger französischer Artillerieoffizier Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich Minister Staatsmann Marschall von Frankreich und Freund Heinrichs IV. Sein vollständiger Name und Titel lautete: Maximilien Ier de Béthune Duc de Sully Baron de Rosny Pair de France Prince Souverain d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle Marquis de Nogent-le-Rotrou Comte de Muret et de Villebon Vicomte de Meaux. Sully wurde in der reformierten Kirche erzogen und zugleich mit Heinrich von Navarra unterrichtet. Er nahm mit Auszeichnung an den Feldzügen des jungen Königs von Navarra teil und kämpfte bei Coutras 1587 und bei Ivry 1590 mit. Ein strenger Calvinist stolz und schroff trat er auch seinem königlichen Freund besonders seiner Verschwendung und Ausschweifung wiederholt mit Energie entgegen; doch vereinte beide bald wieder die gemeinsame Liebe zum Vaterland. Deswegen riet er auch 1593 Heinrich zur Annahme des Katholizismus um den Bürgerkrieg zu beendigen. 1597 an die Spitze der Finanzen gestellt Conseiller aux Finances tilgte er eine Staatsschuld von 200 Millionen Livres erwarb den größten Teil der verschleuderten Domänen zurück hob eine Menge überflüssiger Ämter auf ordnete und vereinfachte das Steuerwesen baute Straßen führte die Seidenkultur und andere Erwerbszweige ein und begünstigte den Ackerbau; diesen und die Weidewirtschaft mfrz. pastourage frz. pâtourage erklärte er wiederholt als die Brüste von denen Frankreich ernährt werde «Labourage et pasturage sont les deux mamelles dont la France est alimentée». Seit 1599 auch als erster Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich und Oberaufseher über alle Befestigungen des Landes stellte er in kurzem die öffentliche Ruhe wieder her namentlich durch Vernichtung vieler Räuberbanden. Auf Heinrichs Zug nach Savoyen 1600 eroberte Sully die für unüberwindlich gehaltenen Festungen Montmelian und Bourg. Nach dem Frieden übernahm er unter dem Titel eines erblichen Kapitäns der Häfen Flüsse und Kanäle das Département der öffentlichen Bauten hob Zölle auf erklärte den Getreidehandel für frei legte Kanäle an und leistete in dieser Stellung viel für die Verbesserung der Kommunikationsmittel des Landes. Zugleich leitete er auch die auswärtigen Verhandlungen. 1604 wurde er zum Gouverneur von Poitou und 1606 für sein Schloss Sully an der Loire nebst den dazugehörigen Ländereien zum erblichen Herzog ernannt. Dabei erwarb er für sich selbst ein bedeutendes Vermögen. Nach der Ermordung Heinrichs IV. 14. Mai 1610 wurde er seiner Stellung am Hof entbunden und von diesem auf sein Schloss verwiesen; doch bediente sich auch Ludwig XIII. öfters seines Rats und ernannte ihn 1634 zum Marschall von Frankreich. Sein gleichnamiger Sohn übernahm das Amt des Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich starb aber bereits 1634 mit 46 Jahren. Maximilien de Béthune Herzog von Sully starb am 21. Dezember 1641 im Alter von 81 Jahren. Maximilien de Rosny eine durch den Herzog von Sully inspirierte literarische Figur verkörpert den beinahe idealen Politiker in Heinrich Manns Roman Die Vollendung des Königs Henri Quatre. wikipedia. Wichtig für die Geschichte seiner Zeit obwohl durchaus nicht zuverlässig sind seine in Stil und Form ungenießbaren "Mémoires ou Oeconomies royales d'Estat" Amsterdam 1634 2 Bände; 2 Supplementbände 1662. - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 12.10.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 10/12/2026. chez Lovis Billaine hardcover
Best.-Nr. 83937:1Paris Rouen Estienne Loyson 1683. 8 508 12; 8 448 14 S. 2 Bde. fol. Ldr. berieben . Paris + (Rouen), Estienne Loyson, 1683. unknown
1747Best.-Nr. 178811London i.e. Paris 1747. An exceptional set Second de L'Ecluse edition extra-illustrated as often. With 72 portraits and 3 additional engravings this is the most extensively illustrated copy that we have traced in commerce historical auction records and reference works. Sully's Memoires was first published from 1638 to 1662. This is a reprint of the revised edition published by Pierre-Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges in 1745 featuring the same text with altered title pages. Some copies of both the 1745 and 1747 de L'Ecluse editions were bound with a variable number of engraved portraits by Michel Odieuvre; Brunet calls for 58 portraits and Lowndes for 63. This set contains 70 portraits. Oudieuvre's suite was first published in 1738 without text and multiple times afterwards both by itself and to illustrate different works. This set is further expanded with two portraits by Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu and Paul Victor Mathey one illustration of an Egyptian obelisk after Jacob de Veert and two large folding plates depicting Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre and the assassination of Henry IV by Gaspar Bouttats. Maximilien de Béthune Duke de Sully 1560-1641 was one of the most powerful figures at the court of Henry IV serving as his personal counsellor superintendent of finances grand voyer and grand master of artillery. His memoires are a key source on Henry IV's reign covering the transition from the wars of religion towards royal stability under the Bourbons. 3 vols quarto 258 x 194 mm. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I 75 engraved plates 2 of which folding. Near-contemporary calf spine with raised bands floral and geometric gilt decoration in compartments red morocco labels covers bordered with gilt dentelle and floral rolls fleurons at corners board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt marbled endpapers and edges green silk bookmarkers. Armorial bookplates of the Tollemache family; 20th-century bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst Lancashire druggist and chemist on front free endpaper verso of vol. I. All joints and spine ends of vol I repaired partial loss to spine ends of vols. II and III corners worn covers marked and with spots of stripping initial blank in vol. III partly detached damp stain to outer margin of title page in vol. I occasional foxing or small mark slight offsetting from plates short closed tear to both folding plates at fold otherwise generally clean. A very good set. Brunet V 588-9. hardcover
1756Best.-Nr. 44515London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; and W. Shropshire in New-Bond-Street 1756. Fine. First edition in English extra-illustrated copy of this "instant classic" Carlile the autobiography of the minister and advisor to King Henry IV of France. Charlotte Lennox was born into a well-to-do Scottish family that fell upon hard times. Well educated and distinguished early for her poetic precocity - but left to fend for herself financially she turned to a career in writing. After publishing two novels THE LIFE OF HARRIOT STUART based heavily on her own experiences in the American colonies and voyage back to Britain; and THE FEMALE QUIXOTE for which she is best known today Lennox took up translation work in hopes of finding a more stable source of income. Among Lennox's most successful productions in her long publishing career this translation of the Duke of Sully's MEMOIRS also led to an offer of a royal pension for Lennox in gratitude for literary services performed. She turned it down in favor of her patron finding a government position for her husband instead. The Duke of Sully 1560-1641 was viewed by many in the Georgian period as an ideal Enlightenment-era statesman and his MEMOIRS has been read as a literary political treatise. It influence was broad including on the American Founding Fathers: it features in the 1783 list of books to be imported for the use of Congress compiled under the leadership of James Madison. This copy has been generously supplemented with nearly 200 engravings primarily of portraits and landscapes of the figures and places described. As a 17th-century text via an influential 18th-century translation in a characteristically deluxe 19th-century extra-illustrated binding it is a lovely hybrid artifact. Three quarto volumes 10'' x 7.75'' each. Nineteenth-century full maroon straight-grain morocco by Bayntun raised bands elaborately gilt-tooled spines large gilt cornerpieces and triple-gilt rules to boards. Gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Extra illustrated with 193 additional plates: portraits landscapes dramatic scenes inter alia. Half titles in first two volumes. 4 540; 4 viii 555 1; viii 408 pages plus index. Only light rubbing to joints. Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and W. Shropshire, in New-Bond-Street unknown
1819Best.-Nr. 9032703Edinburgh: Printed for Stirling and Slade and Archibald Constable et al. 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. In English. Originally published in 1756 this is the first edition with an appendix. "A New Edition Carefully Corrected Embellished With Portraits." Bound in half-calf with tan cloth boards spines stamped in illustrated gilt and red spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated portrait frontispiece in each volume. Text blocks are mostly in very good condition clean and bright with sunning to endpapers and very occasional and minimal foxing. Volume four has light water damage along bottom edge to roughly an inch in height not affecting text. Minimal wear to extremities barely through calf on less than half of the corners. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Printed for Stirling and Slade, and Archibald Constable, et al. hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. LRB25013614Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 546 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1761. A substantial historical memoir centered on Maximilian de Béthune Duke of Sully the celebrated minister of Henry IV of France. The work is of interest for readers of French political history court life and early modern memoir literature offering a long-form account associated with one of the key statesmen of the period. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1760Best.-Nr. 76422Edinburgh UK: A. Donaldson at Pope's Head 1760. Leather Bound. Good. 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Good. A. Donaldson at Pope's Head Edinburgh UK 1760. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de l'Ecluse rectifying several mistakes and omissions of the London edition. 432 pages. Full-Leather binding 5 ribbed spine gold gilt on spine. Moderate general wear. Board tips and spine ends worn. Leather worn through at spine / front board border. Light foxing throughout. Previous ancient owner name. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Maximilien de Bethune Duke of Sully December 13 1560 - December 22 1641 was the doughty soldier French minister staunch Huguenot and faithful right-hand man who assisted Henry IV of France in the rule of France. Volume 2 contains Books VII-XII 1594-1601. History::European Biography 6406 6406 A. Donaldson, at Pope's Head hardcover
1763Best.-Nr. 6392275Miller London 1763. Volume 2 only. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Pages are age toned the spine is worn. There are ring bands on the spine and is guildered decoratively Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Miller, London hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1334719411.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1778Best.-Nr. FB106 (1 to 5) /8J Rivington 1778. Fine. 15 23 3.5. Full tree calf with black title plates gilt decoration banding and lettering on the spine.volumes. I II III IV and V. Stunning binding.Sully left a collection of memoirs Mémoires otherwise known as the Économies royales 1638 written in the second person very valuable for the history of the time and as an autobiography in spite of the fact that they contain many fictions such as a mission undertaken by Sully to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1601.Maximilien de Béthune 1st Duke of Sully Marquis of Rosny and Nogent Count of Muret and Villebon Viscount of Meaux 13 December 1560 – 22 December 1641 was a nobleman soldier statesman and counselor of King Henry IV of France. Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques. While not all of his policies were original he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars. Most however were repealed by later monarchs who preferred absolute power. Historians have also studied his Neostoicism and his ideas about virtue prudence and discipline. J Rivington unknown
1819Best.-Nr. 406083Edinburgh: Sterling and Slade 1819. 1st Revised. Hardcover. Good/None. Five volumes complete. Bound in half leather with marbled boards. Spines with raised bands and gilt lettering. Marbled design to all edges. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait. Covers rubbed worn moderate foxing mostly to early pages otherwise clean solid copies. Gilt lettering on spine faded rubbing and wear to ribs and edges. Gutter crack in Vol. 1 at rear in middle of appendix This is the first revised and corrected edition with a new appendix. Record # 406083 Sterling and Slade hardcover
1781Best.-Nr. 181665Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank for Messrs. W. Watson Sleater Burnet Colles Moncrieffe and 11 others in Dublin 1781. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copies all finely bound in full contemporary aniline calf. Gilt cross bands with the gilt-blocked leather title labels. Minor generalised wear to the extremities. An uncommonly good set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Referenced by: ESTC T118210. Complete in 6 volumes. Physical desc.: 6v.plates : mapport. ; 12°. 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 in fact been written by Samuel Johnson. Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank, for Messrs. W. Watson, Sleater, Burnet, Colles, Moncrieffe, [and 11 others in Dublin] hardcover
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1761Best.-Nr. 35115London: A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; W. Shropshire 1761. Third edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. xxxii 540 viii 555 vii 406pp Index. Original full calf with with gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. De Bethune was the Prime minister to Henry the Great. History of life and reign of the monarch and his administration including the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. Translated from the French. Binding rubbed with some scuffing along hinges edges and at corners. Hinges weakened at all 3 volumes. Corners lightly bumped. Ex Libris on inside cover of all 3 volumes. Offsetting and some foxing on first and last few pages of each volume. Sporadic light foxing at times heavier. Binding in overall good interior in good condition. A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; W. Shropshire hardcover
