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BELLEFOREST (François, de). L'Histoire des neufs roys Charle…
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BELLEFOREST (François, de). L'Histoire des neufs roys Charle…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
BELLEFOREST (François, de). L'Histoire des neufs roys Charles de France, contenant la fortune, vertu, & heur fatal des Roys, qui sous ce nom de Charles ont mis à fin des choses merveilleuses. Le tout comprins en dix-neuf livres, avec la table sur chaque histoire de Roy.
Fine Parisian printing, first edition of this history of the kings named Charles.
Paris, Pierre L'Huillier, 1568.
Large in-4, half havana calf, spine ribbed with gilt fleurons and fillets, red title page and date on black insert.
T., 5 ff.n.ch. (dedication, preface), 684 pp. 19 ff.n.ch. (table, privilege). Handwritten bookplate on title page.
Covers slightly rubbed. Very rare brown spotting, title page a little yellowed, discreet wetness in the margins of the last leaves, inside clean and bright.
Dedicated to King Charles IX, this vast panegyric earned François de Belleforest (1530-1583) his appointment as historiographer of France when he was living in Paris alongside the authors of the Pléiade after a stay at the court of Marguerite de Navarre. The Comminge scholar and translator, "more prolific than talented" (Barbe 79), drew up an eulogistic portrait of the kings of France bearing the name Charles, compiling anecdotes and historical events in nineteen books. In addition to his work as a historiographer, Belleforest is known for his "Histoires tragiques", which have been reprinted many times and probably inspired Shakespeare's Hamlet.
[Brunet I 754; Barbe 79].
A very fine copy of this carefully produced edition with grotesque lettering and banderols from the presses of Jean le Blanc.
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About the sale
Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time
06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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