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Maître Paul PASTAUD

986 - PARIVAL (Jean-Nicolas de). A Summary of the History of this …
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PARIVAL (Jean-Nicolas de). A Summary of the History of this Iron Age. Containing the miseries and calamities of recent times, with their causes and pretexts, up to the coronation of Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, which took place towards the end of the summer of the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-three. Leiden, Sur l’Imprimé, 1654. In-12, [24]-592 pp., ivory vellum (contemporary binding). Significant loss on the second cover. Numerous small black spots on the covers. Water stains. Handwritten title on the spine. André, VIII, 8454: “Born in Verdun, settled in Leiden, then in Brussels and Leuven, the author wrote this work to expose the miseries of war. Only his assessments of French figures may be of interest: whilst Mazarin is praised, Richelieu is a ‘Tiberius’ who made the French realise ‘that he was a fox’, the ‘worthy instrument of bloody intrigues and the principal driving force behind this furious dance that has been performed for so long amongst Christians’.”
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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