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HENRY IV

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HENRY IV
(1553 - 1610) King of France (1589-1610), first of the Bourbon Kings. Raised a Protestant, he his chiefly remembered for his attempts to secure religious freedom during the French wars of religion. Assinated in 1610 by a Catholic fanatic. Uncommon manuscript D.S. "Henry" as King, 1p. folio vellum, [n.p.], October, 1594, in French, untranslated. Boldly signed, but bears a substantial area of loss at right affecting text, uneven bottom margin, else quite good. Estimated accordingly.