L'Innocence de la tresillustre tres-chaste, et debonnaire princesse, Madame Marie royne d'Escosse
Subtitle: Ou sont amplement refutées les calomnies faulces, & impositions iniques, publiées par un liure secrettement diuulgué en France, l'an 1572. touchant tant la mort du Seigneur d'Arley son espoux, que autres crimes, dont elle est faulcement accusée. Plus, vn autre discours auquel sont descouuertes plusieurs trahisons tant manifestes, que iusques icy, cachées, perpetrées par les mesmes calomniateurs
Contributors: Pillehotte, Jean, -1612, publisher; De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907, donor; Pillehotte, family of printers. printer; Mary, Queen of Scots Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1572
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: fre
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: History; De Maria Scotorum regina (Buchanan, George)
Notes: Final two leaves are errata.

For variations between different printings of this work, questions of place of imprint and authorship, cf.: Scott, John. A bibliography of works relating to Mary Queen of Scots, 1544-1700 (Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, v. II, 1896).

Although many bibliographies attribute authorship to François de Belleforest, he appears to have played only an editorial role, if any at all. Cf. Scott.

Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁴ A-M⁸ N⁴ P-Z⁸ (V4 signed V3) 2A⁸.

Signature O omitted in make up, text complete.

Headpiece, initials, marginal notes.

The type ornaments arranged as a headpiece on prelim. leaf 2 are found in books printed by several printers for the publisher Jean Pillehotte of Lyons.--cf. Baudrier, II, 275 and 363.

Comprises a reply to Histoire de Marie Royne d'Escosse, 1572 (a translation of De Maria Scotorum Regina ... Historia, 1571, the first part of which is attributed to George Buchanan) and a translation of A treatise of treasons against Q. Elizabeth, 1572 (attributed to John Leslie, bp. of Ross.). The translation (78 f. at end) of the first part of A treatise of treasons is a reply, paragraph, to the tract Salutem in Christo, and has caption title: "Discours contre les conspirations ptetundes [sic] estre faites sur l'estat d'Angleterre ... ". It concerns the Duke of Norfolk.

Blanks: leaf [20] verso (1st group), leaf 78 verso (4th group).

Errors in foliation (2nd group): leaf 18, 66, 69, 70, 71, 95, 110 misprinted 28, 49, 62, 53, 72, 51, 53, respectively; leaves 80-89 ommitted in numbering.

Errors in foliation (4th group): leaf 16, 38, 59, 65 misprinted 18, 29, 44, 50, respectively.

Scott, John. Bibliography of works relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1544-1700, 85

Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, M826

Short-title catalogue of books printed in France and of French books printed in other countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum, p. 306

National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NI0085948

Gift; John Watts de Peyster; 1888-1893.