![19 France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, [J. Wolfe], 1588.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/915de7f5-5420-f011-9af7-000d3ad4e654/66a856fb-2d2b-f011-9af7-6045bd11195b.webp "19 France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, [J. Wolfe], 1588.")
Lot 19
France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, [J. Wolfe], 1588.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, title with large woodcut printer's device, lacking initial f. (blank except for signature), ink-stamp of Bradford City Libraries to pastedown, title very lightly soiled and with tiny puncture mark to fore-margin, title and few other ff. guarded, light damp-staining to inner-margin, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine and head of upper cover very slightly faded, [STC 14003], small 4to, [J. Wolfe], 1588.
⁂ A translation of part 1 of Hurault's 'Discours sur l'estat de la France'. A variant lacks "at London" in the imprint. Michel Hurault was a Calvinist, and friend of Henry IV, King of France.
Description
France.- [Hurault (Michel)] A Discourse upon the present state of France, first edition in English, title with large woodcut printer's device, lacking initial f. (blank except for signature), ink-stamp of Bradford City Libraries to pastedown, title very lightly soiled and with tiny puncture mark to fore-margin, title and few other ff. guarded, light damp-staining to inner-margin, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine and head of upper cover very slightly faded, [STC 14003], small 4to, [J. Wolfe], 1588.
⁂ A translation of part 1 of Hurault's 'Discours sur l'estat de la France'. A variant lacks "at London" in the imprint. Michel Hurault was a Calvinist, and friend of Henry IV, King of France.
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