Catherine de' Medici and the French Reformation
London : A. Constable, 1905. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked maroon cloth boards, now slightly rubbed along the panel edges and endbands. Text edges, preliminary and final leaves somewhat foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. Contemporary reader autograph to front free endpaper. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #460409
Physical description; xvi, 328 pages : portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; "Authorities consulted": pages xv-xvi. Contents: Catherine de'Medici. The youth of Catherine de'Medici. Diane de Poitiers. The court of Henri II. The reign of Francois II. The Princesse de Conde. Jeanne de Navarre. The Council of Poissy. The Huguenots. Catherine and the Prince de Conde. Why the Reformation failed in France. Ronsard and the Pleiade. Ronsard and the Elizabethans. Catherine and the arts. Bernard Palissy. Subjects; Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France 1519-1589. Reformation France. Queens France Biography. France History 16th century.
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