[Mémoires d'estat].

Abstract:

Narrative describing historical and political events in France in the reigns of Charles IX, Henry III, and Henry IV.

Creator:

Villeroi, Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de, 1542-1617.

Timespan:

France -- Bourbons, 1589-1789.; France.; France -- House of Valois, 1328-1589.; France -- 1562-1598.

Date:

1594

Identifier:

9935643413503681; (OCoLC)ocn155925486; (OCoLC)155925486; (CStRLIN)PAUR04-B10; (PU)3564341-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Provenance:

Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co. (London), 1956.; Appears in Sotheby's catalog Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII (1955), item 337.; Appears in Rodd catalog (1836), p. 100, item 2.; Appears in Quaritch catalog 99 (1889), no. 368.; Formerly owned by J. Sotheby (inscription, J. Sotheby, 1685, f. 1r).

Publisher:

[France], [1594?]

Subject:

History.; Politics and government.; Histories.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Codices.; Manuscripts, French.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

182 leaves : paper; 300 x 208 (245 x 142) mm bound to 312 x 220 mm

Personal Name:

Sotheby, John, -1807, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Written in France in one hand, not before 1589 for first section and not before 1594 for second section.; Zacour-Hirsch describes only the first section, which ends in 1589; the second section describes events through 1594.; Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, ii (17th-century paper) + 182 + ii (17th-century paper); [vi, 1-2], 3-174, [ii]. 3-78 are numbered in the upper right recto in contemporary ink; 79-174 continue in pencil.; Binding: 17th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch) with gold tooling on covers and spine. Upper and lower covers and first few leaves are detached.; Layout: Frame-ruled in ink; 23-26 lines per page.; 1. f.1r-53v: "[text] Le plus grand contentement que puisse avoir un homme ... faiet a Villeroy le huietiesme iour d'Apuril mil-cinq cents quatre vingts-neuf signe De Neufville."; 2. f.55r-174v: "[text] Monsieur, Je vous envoye le memoire que vous m'avez demandé ... croire qu'il est veritable, et que ie demeureray eternellement vostre serviteur, De Neufville."; Title for work as a whole and title and date for second section supplied from the version published by J.A.C. Buchon, 1836.; Middle French.

Physical Location:

Oversize Ms. Codex 932