Bethune Maximillian (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Armstrong (illustrator). A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. Circa. 1820.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. New Edition. Five volumes bound in contemporary dark brown calf, gilt backs, armorial bookplates of Sir Harford Jones and later bookplates of Sidney ?? With two frontispiece portraits Volume I, the Duke of Sully and Henry the IV. Fold out map Vol. I Near Fine, old dampstains at corners. The books Very Good, the boards well rubbed and showing their age yet solidly bound and sturdy. Old dampstaining all volumes, mostly to edges and margins, gilt at spines dulled, free of foxing and toning, a set that shows its history while maintaining its dignity.

hardcover. Copperplate frontispiece, folding map. 5 volumes. Tall 8vo, mottled calf, leather spine labels, heavily gilt spines (rubbed). London: Rivington, 1778. Very good.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Large leather folio. Vol. 1: Alethinosgraphe de Clearetimelee & Graphexechon de Pistariste, Amsterdam: 1638 printing; Vol. 2: Augustin Courbe, Paris, 1662 printing. Four volumes in two. Contemporary full leather binding. French. Clean, unmarked pages. Some rubbing, wear to cover. Generally good. Very usable and readable. Earl Granville's book plate inside cover. See our pictures of this lovely set. Maximilien de Bethune (1560-1641) was a French Huguenot and prominent figure in the court of Henry IV of Navarre during the French wars of religion. He served Henry for nearly 40 years and was instrumental in French fiscal and military policy. His memoirs offer a contemporary view of the French court and history of this turbulent period of unrest and strife. Vol. 1 of the memoirs was printed by Bethune before his death in 1641. Vol. 2 was printed posthumously in Paris in 1662.