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2026ref. LRB4008131Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 578 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1761. An important historical memoir concerning Maximilian de Béthune Duke of Sully principal minister to Henry IV of France. The work offers a valuable account of French politics court life diplomacy and statecraft and remains of interest for readers and collectors of early historical and political literature. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB4007296Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 512 pages. Volume 4 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1770. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune Duke of Sully prime minister of Henry the Great offers a major historical testimony on the reign of Henry IV of France and the political life of the early seventeenth century. The work is valued for its detailed account of statecraft diplomacy war finance and court affairs and remains an important source for readers interested in French history and early modern political memoirs. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB4008157Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 580 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1756. A major historical memoir relating to the reign of Henry IV of France and the administration of Maximilian de Béthune Duke of Sully. The work is valued for its account of French statecraft court politics military affairs and the political and financial reforms associated with Sully's ministry. It remains a significant source for the study of seventeenth-century Europe and the governance of the French monarchy. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB25003069Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 530 pages. Volume 4 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1810. A substantial English historical work presenting the memoirs attributed to the Duke of Sully chief minister to Henry IV of France. Of interest for readers of early modern European history French political history and the circulation of historical memoirs in English translation. The volume offers a classic biographical and political account associated with one of the major statesmen of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB25046912Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 588 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1761. Text in English. This work presents the memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune Duke of Sully a prominent French statesman and prime minister to King Henry IV of France. The text provides valuable insights into the political and military events of the late 16th and early 17th centuries offering a firsthand account of the reign of Henry the Great and the challenges faced during the French Wars of Religion. Sully's memoirs are a crucial historical source for understanding the period and the consolidation of royal power in France. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2010ref. DADAX1165436744Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x0.97x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
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1763ref. 390787London : A. Millar 1763. 4th edition. Hardcover. Very good library copies in quarter aniline calf over cloth boards; gilt-blocked titles to spines. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 6 volumes : map portraits ; 18 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. Ravaillac Francois 1578-1610. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1559-1641. France History Louis XIII 1601-1643. London : A. Millar hardcover
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1778ref. 279585London : Printed for J. Rivington 1778. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; 6 v. : ill. map fold. ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France History Henry IV 1589-1610. London : Printed for J. Rivington hardcover
1778ref. 59014London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons J. Dodsley S. Crowder et al. 1778. 8vo. In 6 volumes complete. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Dark brown leather title labels to spines. Spines worn with losses at head & foot. Gilt title labels legible & bright. Boards worn & rubbed. One board somewhat loose. Early ink ownership name in volume four. Lacking some endpapers. Internally sound and clean. No foxing.Two frontis portrait engravings. An unsophisticated original binding. . Fair. 1/4 Leather. 5th Edition. 1778. Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, et al. 1778 hardcover
1805ref. 263544Edinburgh : Alex Lawrie and Co 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panels are dust-toned as with age. Spine bands are worn. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; vol. iv only: 480 pages. Subjects; Henry IVKing of France 1553-1610. France — History — Henry IV 1589-1610. Edinburgh : Alex, Lawrie, and Co hardcover
1757ref. ST14844London: A. Millar; J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire 1757. Second Edition. 222 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2. Five volumes. Contemporary gray paper boards backed in sheep with unusual wavy edges raised bands black morocco labels with gilt titling. Front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Francis Eyre of Warkworth Northamptonshire. Corners slightly bumped and edges a little tattered one spine with minor loss to leather in one compartment boards a bit rubbed but overall the contemporary bindings very sound and in excellent condition; the occasional small blemish a few marginal open tears one closed tear minimally affecting text but internally very well preserved in general. This is the first English translation of the memoirs of French statesman Maximilien de Béthune Duke of Sully undertaken either by Samuel Johnson or by best-selling female novelist Charlotte Lennox and offered here in the original unsophisticated and unusual bindings. A Huguenot of noble family Sully 1560-1641 was presented to the Protestant King Henri of Navarre when he was 11 years old and became permanently attached to that monarch until the king's assassination in 1610. Sully although a lifelong Protestant himself encouraged Henri to convert to Catholicism in order to become King Henri IV of France arranged for the marriage of Henri to Marie de Medici and served as a lifelong advisor and confidante to the king. His insider's views of this crucial period of French history make his "Memoirs" of continuing interest to scholars. Originally published in French in 1638 the first edition in English appeared well over 100 years later in 1756 a year before our second edition. The ESTC notes that the translator may have been Samuel Johnson but the book itself as well as later editions credits Charlotte Lennox ca. 1729-1804 author of popular women's adventure novels including "The Female Quixote." She was born in the American colonies but spent her working life in England where literary friends and supporters included the aforementioned Johnson. The bindings here are not extraordinarily attractive but they are interesting as specimens of an unusual slightly rustic design: the wavy edges where the leather and paper meet are clearly purposeful and add a playful element not usually seen in modest bindings such as these. A. Millar; J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire unknown
1778ref. 253549London : Printed for J. Rivington 1778. New Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; vols. 4 : ill. map fold. ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France — History — Henry IV 1589-1610. Genre; Illustrated. London : Printed for J. Rivington hardcover
ref. OB 1Edinburgh: Printed For Stirling And Slade. 1819. Hard Cover. 8vo; five volumes. Bound in contemporary full calf spines worn at tops and bottoms hinges cracking. First published in two volumes in 1638 with an Amsterdam imprint although actually printed at the Duke's chateau the Memoirs were originally written in the second person. In 1745 the Abbé de l'Ecluse rewrote them in ordinary narrative form. The English translation by Charlotte Lennox first appeared in 1756. A valuable source for the history of France from 1580 to 1635 this work reflects the important role played by Sully as superintendent of finances for Henry IV. Sully's role in strengthening French agriculture highways fortifications and economics is reflected in the vigor of his narrative. NUC 576: 217 NS 1050887. OB1. France; French history. Edinburgh: Printed For Stirling And Slade... 1819. hardcover
