A general inuentorie of the history of France, from the beginning of that monarchie, vnto the Treatie of Veruins, in the yeare 1598. / Written by Ihon de Serres. ; And continued vnto these times, out of the best authors which haue written on that subject. ; Translated out of French into English by Edward Grimeston ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.

Contributor:

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Inventaire general de l'histoire de France. English

Language:

English

French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Subjects (All):

France--History.

France.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 209 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 1052 pages, 26 unnumbered pages : portraits ; 34 cm (folio)

Other Title:

A general inventorie of the history of France.

Place of Publication:

Imprinted at London : by George Eld., 1607.

Notes:

Translation of: Inventaire general de l'histoire de France.

First English edition.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ A⁸ B-S⁶ T⁴ 2A-5X⁶ ([par.]1, T4, and 5X6 verso blank).

In two parts: "The first race" and "The second parcell" which have separate pagination and signatures.

Errors in pagination.

Woodcut of Henry III on title page and woodcut portraits of French kings throughout.

Includes discussion of the navigation to the East and West Indies (p. 825) and Canada (p. 1020).

Title vignette.

Each portrait is framed in an ornamental woodcut border, of which two types are employed.

French original first published Paris, 1597.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 22244

ESTC S117097

Arents Coll. 134.

OCLC:

43295465