Beaugué, Jean de
L'histoire de la guerre d'Escosse
£605
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
traitant comme le royaume fut assailly, et en gra[n]d' partie occupé par les Anglois, et depuis rendu paisible à sa reyne, et reduit en son ancient estate et dignité. Paris: for Estienne Groulleau, 1556. First edition, 8vo (14.8 x 9.1cm), 119 ff., a-p8 (-p8, probably blank), c.1900 mottled calf gilt by Riviere & Son, woodcut initials throughout [Adams B413]
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Footnote
An uncommon account of the Rough Wooing by a French eyewitness. The work was published with the imprints of different booksellers on the title-page: the copy cited by Adams has that of Gilles Corrozet.