Les memoires de la regence de la reyne Marie de Medicis.
Title
Les memoires de la regence de la reyne Marie de Medicis.
Date
1666
Place
Paris
Publisher
Chez Thomas Jolly
Language
French
Contributor
Pierre Le Moyne
Note
IMPRINT:
A Paris : Chez Thomas Ially ..., 1666.
A Paris : Chez Thomas Ially ..., 1666.
TYPE:
Roman, Italic.
Roman, Italic.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Printer's device on title page (ornament), woodcuts throughout (particularly for initial letters).
Printer's device on title page (ornament), woodcuts throughout (particularly for initial letters).
DEDICATIONS:
privilège du roi, as well as a letter to someone unidentified (lettre ecrite à une perꭍonne de qualité, où il est parlé de l’Autheur, du sujet, & du caractere de ces memoires)
privilège du roi, as well as a letter to someone unidentified (lettre ecrite à une perꭍonne de qualité, où il est parlé de l’Autheur, du sujet, & du caractere de ces memoires)
PROVENANCE:
CRRS bookplate on inner pastedown, as well as CRRS stamp on final leaf.
CRRS bookplate on inner pastedown, as well as CRRS stamp on final leaf.
CONDITION:
Binding: tight-back binding. There is significant damage to both the spine and the boards; pieces of the boards and spine have chipped away and continue to chip away when the book is handled.
Paper: water damage noted on wove paper, brown splotches on some pages.
Binding: tight-back binding. There is significant damage to both the spine and the boards; pieces of the boards and spine have chipped away and continue to chip away when the book is handled.
Paper: water damage noted on wove paper, brown splotches on some pages.
BINDING:
Leather over boards
Leaves measure 8.7cm x 14.7cm, board measures 9cm by 15cm
Leather over boards
Leaves measure 8.7cm x 14.7cm, board measures 9cm by 15cm
CONTENT:
The text mentions these memoirs were published under the author name of Monſieur de Monthreſor.
The text mentions these memoirs were published under the author name of Monſieur de Monthreſor.
Dedicatory epistle signed by the editor: le P.L.M. [i.e. le père Le Moyne].
Includes: Relation du siege de Mantouë (p. 247-296); Relation du conclaue, dans lequel on éleut le cardinal Ludouisio, nommé depuis Gregoire quinziéme (p. 297-336); Lettre de l'ambassadeur de France écrite au roy incontinant apres l'élection de Gregoire XV ... (p. 337-350).
FORMAT:
[24], 350, [2] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
[24], 350, [2] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
REFERENCES:
Authorship from Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, III, p. 200.
Authorship from Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, III, p. 200.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/
Num Pages
376
Call Number
DC123.2 .E87 1666 VUCS
URL
Item Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
François Annibal Estrées, “Les memoires de la regence de la reyne Marie de Medicis.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed July 19, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/8720.