Histoire de la guerre des Hussites et du Concile de Basle / par Jaques Lenfant. Enrichie de portraits, & de vignettes a la tete de chaque livre. Tome premier[-second] - 2 volumes complete, bound in 1]

Lenfant, Jacques (1661-1728)

1731, First Edition. A Amsterdam : Chez Pierre Humbert, M. DCC. XXXI. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the original gilt-blocked label laid back. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. (4to). Notes; "Memoire historique de la vie, de la mort et des ouvrages de feu Mr. Lenfant": v. 1, p. XI-XVII. "Dissertation de M. de Beausobre sur les Adamites de Boheme": v. 2, p. [304]-406. Title pages to both volumes printed in red and black.Both volumes have title vignettes; in vol. 1 this is a view of Prague, in vol. 2 it depicts the Council of Basle in session. Edited by Emilie Lenfant (c.f. BM compact ed.). Head-pieces, capitals, printed marginal notes. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Council of Basel (1431-1449). Hussites - Early works to 1800. Adamites - Early works to 1800. Church history - 15th century. Bohemia (Czech Republic) - History - Hussite Wars, 1419-1436. Other names; Lenfant, Emilie, fl. 1705-1731. Humbert, Pierre Hubert, 1687?-1778, [printer.] Related item; Beausobre, Isaac de, 1659-1738. Dissertation sur les Adamites de Boheme. Referenced by: BM (compact ed.), vol. 15, p. 26. Genre; Biography. Language; French. Item #194086

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