Illustris viri Iacobi Augusti Thuani regii in sanctiore consistorio consiliarii, et in suprema regni Gallici curia praesidis, Historiarum sui temporis ab anno Domini 1543. vsque ad annum 1607. . Libri CXXXVIII. Quorum LXXX priores, multo quam antehac auctiores: reliqui vero LVIII nunc primum prodeunt: opus in quinque tomos distinctum. Accedunt commentariorum de vita sua libri sex hactenus inediti.
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617)
Category
Books
Date
1620 - 1621
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038456
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: K.12.2-5. Vols. 3 and 4 bound in 1 v. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 168, price Đ1 10s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 657.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461. manuscript inscription on each title page: "Liber Gulielmi Sutton; Apri: 30. 1635".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double blind fillet border on boards; single gilt fillet on board edges; gold-tooled spines (vols. 3 and 4 partially missing), with gilt title labels.
Makers and roles
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) P. Du Puy G. M. Lingelshemius Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654)