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The history of the League / written in French by Monsieur Maimbourg ; translated into English, according to His Majesty's command, by Mr. Dryden.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DC120 .M22 1684
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maimbourg, Louis, 1610-1686.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire de la ligue. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sainte Ligue (1576-1593).
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Fettiplace, Edward (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 60 unnumbered pages, 524, 731-966, 49 pages, 43 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- nds, t-ch ndve vera (3) 1684 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by M. Flesher for Jacob Tonson ..., 1684.
- Notes:
- "A translation, by John Dryden, of: Maimbourg, Louis. Historie de la Ligue. Dryden also contributed a dedication and a postscript."--ESTC.
- Signatures: A⁸ a-b⁸ c⁶ B-2K⁸ 2L⁴ 2M² 3A-3U⁸ 3X⁴.
- "Text is continuous despite pagination."--ESTC.
- Engraved plate (frontispiece) signed: MBurghers sculp.
- Title within border of double rules.
- Printed marginalia.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy: brown paper dust wrapper retained.
- Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on front pastedown; ms. pencil scribble on front free endpaper; ms. ownership inscription ("E Libris Ed: Fettiplace") on front free endpaper.
- Cited in:
- ESTC R25491
- Wing (2nd ed.) M292
- Macdonald, H. Dryden, 132
- Pforzheimer 132
- OCLC:
- 2366303
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