Histoire des guerres d'Italie
By: traduite de l'italien de François Guichardin.
Contributors: Monroe, James, 1758-1831, former owner.; United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe),; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez Paul & Isaac Vaillant
Published: 1738
Place of publication: Londres; [Paris]
Language: fre
Subjects: Italy -- History -- 1492-1559
Notes: Has index.
Translated by Favre and revised by Georgeon. Cf. Brunet, Grässe, Quérard.
Title in red and black. Text has printer's ornaments, vignettes, initials.
LC Copy 1 in library buckram, trimmed to 26 cm. Has Avertissement in v. 1 bound in between the Preface and Sommaire des livres. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1874.
LC Copy 2 has v. 1 and 2 in contemporary binding with marbled edges; v. 3 slightly trimmed and in library buckram. Errata at end of v. 1 bound out of order. Transferred from the U.S. Treasury Dept. to the Library of Congress in 1913.
LC Copy 3 has the bookplate of [President] James Monroe in all three volumes. In 18th-century binding stamped with the arms of the family Bourguignon de la Mure, Province of Martinique, Guadeloupe; the motto is Contra Hostem Surrectus (raised against the enemy). Avertissement in v. 1 wanting. Manuscript notes on front flyleaf, dated 1840s.
Table of contents: title: Tome premier, 1490-1508; title: Tome second, 1508-1522; title: Tome troisième, 1522-1534.