Interesting Anecdotes of Henry IV. Of France, Containing Sublime Traits and Lively Sallies of Wit of That Monarch...Translated from the French.
London.
Printed for J. Debrett, [c.1792].
Second English Edition.
12mo.
Two volumes. [viii], 205, [3]. [2], 224pp. With three pages of advertisements to Vol I. Contemporary tree-calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Slightly rubbed, with chip to head of Vol II and small worm-holes to joints at foot of each volume.
The second English edition of Louis-Laurent Prault's L'esprit D'Henri IV (Paris, 1770), extended from the single-volume English edition of 1787, printed for Cadell. Henry. Both are uncommon, with ESTC locating copies at only three locations within the British Isles (BL, Cambridge and NLI) and four elsewhere.
ESTC T119136
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 9923
