The memoirs of Philip de Comines : containing the history of Lewis XI. and Charles VIII. of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which princes he was secretary : as also the history of Edward IV. and Henry VII. of England, including that of Europe for almost half the fifteenth century : with a supplement : as also several original treaties, notes and observations : and lastly, The secret history of Lewis XI. out of a book call'd The scandalous chronicle : and the life of the author prefix'd to the whole, with notes upon it / by the famous Sleidan ; faithfully translated from the late edition of Monsieur Godefroy ... to which are added remarks on all the occurrences relating to England, by Mr. Uvedale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Commynes, Philippe de, approximately 1447-1511.

Contributor:

Uvedale, Thomas.

Godefroy, Denys, 1615-1681.

Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.

Standardized Title:

Mémoires. English. 1723

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

France--History--House of Valois, 1328-1589.

France.

History.

France--History--Louis XI, 1461-1483.

France--History--Charles VIII, 1483-1498.

Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.

Great Britain.

Europe--History--15th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Brotherton and F. Fayram ... A. Bettesworth ... and J. Pemberton ..., 1723.

Notes:

Translation by Thomas Uvedale of Denis Godefroy's 1649 ed. of: Mémoires de Messire Philippe de Comines. Cf. Biographie universelle, v. 8, p. 683 and DNB, v. 20, p. 77.

Vol. 2 includes "The secret history of Lewis XI, King of France, otherwise called, The scandalous chronicle", by Jean de Roye, with special title page dated 1722, and separate paging.

OCLC:

13614483