Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou : depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'édition latine de Londres ... Thou, Jacques-Auguste de, 1553-1617. Desfontaines, M. l'abbé (Pierre-François Guyot), 1685-1745. Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Du Ryer, Pierre, d. 1658. Du Pont, Francois, d. ca. 1725. Fabre, Jean Claude, 1668-1753. Rigault, Nicolas, 1577-1654. Dupuy, Pierre, 1582-1651. Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) text Marbled papers. Londres [i.e. Paris : s.n.], MDCCXXXIV [1734] fre 16 v. : 27 cm. Engraved frontispiece on verso facing t.p., v. 1. T.p. printed in red and black. Errata at end of each volume. Includes full and half t.p. in each volume. The imprint is false; probably printed in Paris. Edited by Defontaines, whose collaborators are said to have included Jacques Adam, Charles Lebeau, Nicolas Leduc, J.B. Le Mascrier, Georgeon (who wrote the preface) and Fabre (table of contents). According to Harrisse, the translation was a revision of the partial translation by Pierre Du Ryer (Paris, 1657. 3 v.), its unpublished continuation by Du Pont and others, and the translation of v. 1 and several books of the last volume by Prévost. Prévost's translation of v. 1 was published at the Hague in 1733 -- cf. Harrisse, H. Le président de Thou et ... les traductions francaises de J.-A. Thuani Historiarum sui temporis. Paris, 1905, p. 98-130. Notes by P. Dupuis. --cf. Quérard; Brit. Mus. Catalogue. Vol. 1 includes Mémoires de la vie de J.A. de Thou; Poésies latines de J.A. de Thou; Préface à Henri IV. Vol. 15: Suite de l'Histoire de J.A. de Thou, par N. Rigault; Pieces concernant l'Histoire; Mémoires et instructions pour servir à justifier l'innocence de Messire Francois-Auguste de Thou. Vol. 16: Table des matières. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library. ESTC, T98932 Thou, François de, 1607-1642. History, Modern -- Early works to 1800. Europe -- History -- 1517-1648 -- Early works to 1800. France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 -- Early works to 1800. France -- History -- Henry IV, 1589-1610 -- Early works to 1800.