LA SECRET DES COURS OU LES MEMOIRES DE WALSINGHAM, Secretaire d’Etat sous la Reine Elisabeth, contenant les Maximes de politique necessaires aux Courtisans & aux Ministres d’Etat. Avec les remarques de Robert Nanton, sur le regne & sur les favoris de cette princesse.
Lyon: Chez Anisson et Posuel, 1695. Originally published in 1617 and reprinted many times in English and French during the 17th century. 12mo. (22), 478 pp. Printed label on front pastedown: “Se Vend, A. S. de la Mare, Impr. / & Marchand Libraire devant / l’Eglise Cathedrale. / 1696.” Engraved frontispiece. The court and courtiers of Elizabeth I. OCLC locates three copies of this edition in the United States (Princeton, Bowdoin, Mississippi State). Later (17th century?) mottled calf (rubbed), gilt title and ornament between raised bands on spine, edges sprinkled red. Very good. Item #67010
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