Title: Two rare booklets on the coronation of Charles IX of France, 1561 Author: Place: Paris Publisher: Date: 1561 Description: Includes: L'entrée, sacre, et couronnement du roy Charles neufiesme: faicte en la ville de Reims, le mercredy xiiii. jour de may 1561. Lequel fut receu en grand honneur par Messieurs de ladicte ville. [14] pp. Paris: Jehan Chrestien, & Jehan Coulomp, 1561. Guise, Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal de. La harengue au Roy nostre sire Charles neufiesme, faicte à son entrée en sa ville de Reims. [14] pp. + blank leaf. Paris: pour Vincent Sertenas : et pour Jan Dallie, 1561. Together, 2 booklets. 15x10.3 cm (6x4"), formerly bound together, now disbound with marbled paper wrappers. Rare works chronicling the coronation of Charles IX of France (1550-1574), who ascended to the throne at age ten. His reign was dominated by the French Wars of Religion, which pitted various factions against each other, culminating in the the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, when Charles allowed the massacre of all Huguenot leaders who gathered in Paris for the royal marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre, a major Protestant leader and the future King Henry IV of France. OCLC/WorldCat lists only two copies of the first work, and one of the second, all at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good condition, though disbound. Item number: 256294
Title: Two rare booklets on the coronation of Charles IX of France, 1561 Author: Place: Paris Publisher: Date: 1561 Description: Includes: L'entrée, sacre, et couronnement du roy Charles neufiesme: faicte en la ville de Reims, le mercredy xiiii. jour de may 1561. Lequel fut receu en grand honneur par Messieurs de ladicte ville. [14] pp. Paris: Jehan Chrestien, & Jehan Coulomp, 1561. Guise, Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal de. La harengue au Roy nostre sire Charles neufiesme, faicte à son entrée en sa ville de Reims. [14] pp. + blank leaf. Paris: pour Vincent Sertenas : et pour Jan Dallie, 1561. Together, 2 booklets. 15x10.3 cm (6x4"), formerly bound together, now disbound with marbled paper wrappers. Rare works chronicling the coronation of Charles IX of France (1550-1574), who ascended to the throne at age ten. His reign was dominated by the French Wars of Religion, which pitted various factions against each other, culminating in the the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, when Charles allowed the massacre of all Huguenot leaders who gathered in Paris for the royal marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre, a major Protestant leader and the future King Henry IV of France. OCLC/WorldCat lists only two copies of the first work, and one of the second, all at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good condition, though disbound. Item number: 256294
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