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HISTORY of the loves of Henry IV. With various...

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HISTORY of the loves of Henry IV. With various Letters written to his Maistresses, and other Curious Pieces. Leiden, Jean Sambyx, 1663. In-12, fawn morocco, gilt fillet, back decorated with grotesque, green title pieces, inner lace, gilt edges on marbling (Chambolle-Duru). This opuscule, wrongly attributed to Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine, Princess of Conti, had already appeared in the Recueil de diverses pièces servans à l'histoire de Henry III nous dit Willems, No. 2000. Without the second part entitled Recueil de quelques belles actions et paroles mémorables du roy Henry le Grand (46 pages). From the library of St. Geniès. Past back