03219cam a2200541Ia 4500 20070508160900.0 870113s1734 enkcf 001 0 fre d 2447752 ocm23617692 EYM EYM DAY OCL OCLCQ BRL fre lat e------ e-fr--- BRLL Adams 90.1 Thou, Jacques-Auguste de, 1553-1617. Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou : depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'édition latine de Londres ... Londres [i.e. Paris : s.n.], MDCCXXXIV [1734] 16 v. : port., plates ; 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to Harrisse, the translation was a revision of the partial translation by Pierre Du Ryer (Paris, 1657. 3 v.), its unpublished continuation by Du Pont and others, and the translation of v. 1 and several books of the last volume by Prévost.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. BRL ESTC, T98932 John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894. 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. Marbled papers. rbpap 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. BRL John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL European history. 02 BRL