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136, [8] p. | 12mo | A-F12 | 136 x 77 mm ¶ First edition in Italian, and apparently the only recorded copy (though Barzazi does call attention to this edition). Some half dozen editions of the Italian translation appear with imprints ranging from 1619 to 1638. The work is a translation of the author's Remarques d'estat et d'histoire sur la vie et les services de Monsieur de Villeroy by Giovanni Bernardo della Bastarderie, French tutor to the house of Cardinal Alessandro d'Este. With a woodcut printer's device at end; a couple of head-pieces and initials. Last three leaves are blank. ¶ Matthieu here recounts the life of Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy (1543-1617), a remarkably deft secretary of state. Despite ceaseless conflict associated with the French Wars of Religion, Villeroy managed to serve four French kings during his career, earning Professor Nicola Sutherland's label as the most distinguished of all sixteenth-century French secretaries. He engendered the favor of… Read More