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ROSSET, François de - Les Histoires tragiques de nostre temp…
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430
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ROSSET, François de - Les Histoires tragiques de nostre temp…
See original version (French)
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Description
ROSSET, François de - Les Histoires tragiques de nostre temps. In which are contained the disastrous and lamentable deaths of several persons, caused by their ambitions, disordered loves, sorceries, robberies, & by other various & memorable accidents. Last ed. revised and corrected of the errors which had crept into the other printings, & increased by Histoires des Dames de Ganges, de Brinvilliers, and also by several other very remarkable ones, which have not yet been seen. Lyon, Benoist Vignieu, 1708. In-8, (4) ff. 647 (1) pp. yellowed paper, brown bas. spine slightly faded, small epidermis.
This edition includes 36 tragic stories as opposed to 19 in the first. These are stories borrowed from contemporary events since the first edition in 1614, whose common point is the fatal conclusion. They are often extremely cruel. For example, there is ''l'horrible et épouvantable sorcellerie, de Louis Gaufridy, prêtre de Marseille''. This edition is augmented by new cases: Les Aventures de la Princesse de Ponthieu - Histoire d'un fripier de Paris - D'une dame allemande dont le mari l'avoit enfermé dans une affreuse prison pour le reste de ses jours.
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