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1733 · 3902 — <p><strong>Original 1733 Jac. Augusti Thuani Historiarum Tomus Tertius - Volume III</strong><br />Published by Samuel Buckley in London 1733 from the writings of historian Jacques Auguste de Thou Thuanus died in 1617 with Pierre Dupuy and Nicolas Rigault.</p><p>De Thou was treated as a classic an honour which he deserved. His history is a model of exact research drawn from the best sources and presented in an elegant and animated style; unfortunately even for the men of the Renaissance Latin was a dead language; it was impossible for de Thou to find exact equivalents for technical terms of geography or of administration.<br />Condition: Good to Very Good Boards are loose but connected by original strings binding text block in fine condition gilt lettering and decorations stampings on leather bindings 11" X 16" Tall 860 pages Large Heavy Book text in fine black and red ink. Princeton University library label on inside of front board with signature stamp Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk.<br />Jacques Auguste de Thou Thuanus October 8 1553 Paris – May 7 1617 Paris was a French historian book collector and president of the Parlement de Paris.</p> Samuel Buckley hardcover