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[France - Henri IV] - GENTILE, Scipio & CASAUBON, Isaac - Henrici IIII, regis Francorum elogia (....

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[France - Henri IV] - GENTILE, Scipio & CASAUBON, Isaac - Henrici IIII, regis Francorum elogia (....
[France - Henri IV] - GENTILE, Scipio & CASAUBON, Isaac - Henrici IIII, regis Francorum elogia (...) In eius indignissimam caedem carmina [by Nicolaus Borbonius Jr. ... et al.]. Strasburg, Anton Bertram, 1610, 4to, mod. soft boards, older brown wrappers preserved, 24 lvs. Good copy. € 200/300 Uncommon (the BN copy was the only one we could trace) collection of texts on the murder of the French king Henry IV (1553-1610), which caused a shock in Protestant circles. After prose texts by Scipio Gentile (1563-1616, Italian jurist) and Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614, French classical scholar, Huguenot fugitive in England) follows the Dirae in parricidam by Nicolaus Borbonius Jr. (1574-1644), French and Neolatin poet, professor of Greek and rhetoric. Added are some other poems by various writers. Anton Bertram was active at Strasburg 1584-1622. Ref. Arbour 5789 (1: BN Paris). Not in BL London, NUC.