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Juan Antonio de VERA Y FIGUEROA Y ZUNIGA History of the Emperor Charles V, by Don Juan Antonio de Vera and Figueroa, Cte de La Roca... and translated from Spanish into French by Sieur Du Perron Le Hayer,. In Paris at François Muguet, Printer and ordinary bookseller of the King 1662 In 4 ° [28] 324 pp Portrait dated 1654 - Watermarked paper with gold hand The author's grandfather was an intimate friend of Charles V, and Vera y Figueroa drew many anecdotes from this relationship that fed into his biography of the emperor. The title, which refers to the novels of chivalry, tends to place Charles V among the figures of legendary heroes.