1651 Mémoires de Messire Philippe de Mornay. Seigneur du Plessis Marly.....

Contenans divers discours, instructions, lettres & depesches par luy dressées, ou escrites aux roys, reines, princes, princesses, seigneurs, & plusieurs grands personnages de la chrestienté. Ensemble quelques lettres des dessusdits audit Sieur du Plessis. Amsterdam, Elzevier 1651/52.
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  • Condition : good condition, slightly rubbed, volume 1 small loss and tear to top spine, hinge of first board with two tears of 3 and 4 cm, small wormholes in endpapers. Partially browned, some foxing, mostly faint, and a few small stains, eventually slightly waterstained in the margins. Nice clean copy.                         
  • Volumes : 2 volumes.
  • Binding : contemporary full calf, spine gilt. 
  • Format : In-4.
  • Pages : 4 ff., 1207 (recte 1197), (1) pp., 7 ff. and 903 (recte 901), (1) pp., 5 ff.; 275, (1) pp., 1 f. (Supplement).
  • Publisher : Amsterdam, Louys Elzevier.
  • Date : 1651 - 1652.
  • Ref. : Brunet III, 1912; Quérard II, 705/706, Rahir 1171.

    Original edition. Edited by David Licques, the two volumes present a continuation of the two volumes published at La Forêt-sur-Sèvre from 1624 to 1625 and covering the years 1572 to 1599. Contains the years 1600 to 1617 (volume 1) and 1618 to 1623 (volume 2) as well as the supplement to the 1624-1625 edition. - The 2nd volume, dated 1651, has a special title page bearing: "Suite des lettres et memoires de messire Philippes de Mornay". - Pagination 1070-1079 omitted in vol. 1, pagination 545-546 omitted in vol. 2.

    Philippe de Mornay (1549 - 1623), known as Duplessis-Mornay, devoted his entire life to the Protestant cause. He participated with the King of Navarre, the future Henry IV, in the political and military battle. His value as a fighter was evident in the decisive battles between the Huguenots and the armies of the League. His military activity was coupled with a major political activity with the King of Navarre. From 1576 he was his advisor and ambassador. During his mission to the Prince of Orange (1578-1582) he became aware of the European dimension of the Huguenot struggle. In the Netherlands, as in the kingdom of France, he defended religious coexistence against Spanish hegemony and for the respect of freedom of thought. In 1582, he left the Netherlands in the hands of Monsieur, the King's brother (François d'Anjou) and joined the King of Navarre. He intervened more directly in the national political debate when Henri of Navarre became the heir apparent to the kingdom following the death of François of Anjou (1584). He then tried to work towards the legitimate accession of the King of Navarre to the throne of France. He took an active part in the negotiations for the Edict of Nantes. Without taking part in its drafting, he contributed to it by his admonitions to the king in favour of the Protestants and his advice for moderation. 

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Condition Used - Good
Language France
Illustrated No
Publicaton Date Jan 1, 1651
Year 1651
Author / Cartographer / Photographer Mornay Philippe de
Editor Elzevier
First edition Yes
Signed edition No
Signed binding No
Armorial binding No
Binding / Format Full leather
Size 24 x 21 cm
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