Catharinae Mediceae reginae matris, vitae, actorum & consiliorum : quibus universum regni Gallici statum turbare conata est, stupenda eáque vera enarratio

Name:

Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598; Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605; Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598

Date:

1575

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Geiger, Ludwig,

Publisher:

[Henri Estienne?]

Subject:

Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Biographies; books

Physical Description:

116, that is, 117 pages, 3 unnumbered pages; 18 cm (8vo)

Related Place:

Switzerland -- Geneva.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Signatures: A-G⁸ H⁴ (last leaf blank).; Attributed to Henri Estienne. Cf. Barbier, I, 1020.; Also attributed to Théodore de Bèze or Jean de Serres.; Probably from the press of H. Estienne. Cf. Renouard, p. 143.; First issued in French as Discours merveilleux de la vie ... de Catherine de Médicis, 1575.; Error in pagination: p. 110 repeated.; Leaf B4 signed as A4, leaf G2 signed as F2.; Culture Class Collection copy bound in full brown calf; blind-tooled quadruple fillets on boards; "H. Estienne 1575" stamped in gilt on spine.; Culture Class Collection copy has the bookplate of Ludovici Geiger on front pastedown ("Die Wahrheit muss herfür").

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, FC55 Es868 Ef575c

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); French Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)