A journal of all that was accomplished by Monsieur de Maisse, ambassador in England from King Henri IV to Queen Elizabeth, anno domini 1597 / De Maisse ; translated from the French and edited with an introduction by G.B. Harrison and R.A. Jones
1931, First Edition. London : The Nonesuch Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good dust-wrapper, now with some dust-dulling, minor spotting and slightly worn edges. Dust-wrapper mylar-sleeved. Remains internally tight, bright and clean: a well-preserved copy overall. This is one of a 1,500-copy limited edition printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. Item #458456
Physical description: xvii, 146 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Translated from the French. Based principally on a transcript of a seventeenth-century manuscript copy (Bibliothèque nationale, fonds fr. 15974) in the Baschet transcripts, Public Record Office. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Maisse, André Hurault, sieur de, 1539-1607 - Diaries. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610. Ambassadors - France - Diaries. Great Britain - Foreign relations - France - Sources. France - Foreign relations - Great Britain - Sources. Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603 - Sources.
Price: €30.00