True Relation (The) of the Deserved Death of that base and insolent Tyrant, the Marquis d'Ancre, the most Unworthie Marshall of France, lacking initial and final blank ff., title with small chip to head, 1617 bound with The Letter of the French King, to the Parliament of Roan, concerning the Death of the Marshall D'Ancre, horizontal tear to title and some chipping to head, 1617 together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut devices, woodcut initials and headpieces, light dampstaining, 20th century calf, [STC 5622 & 16835], small 4to.

⁂ A scarce pair of works concerning Concino Concini (1569-1617), later Marquis d'Ancre, an Italian adventurer who went to France with Marie de Medicis when she married Henry IV. He stirred up the queen's enmity against Henry, and on Henry's death gained great power, becoming Marshall and Prime Minister. He was assassinated by the Baron de Vitry in 1617.