(Q9609)
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Villeroi, Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de, 1542-1617
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Sotheby, John, -1807
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House of Valois, 1328-1589
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France--Politics and government--1562-1598
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1562-1598
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[1594?]
16. century
1594
1594
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Extent: 182 leaves : paper ; 300 x 208 (245 x 142) mm bound to 312 x 220 mm
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Origin: Written in France in one hand, not before 1589 for first section and not before 1594 for second section.
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Zacour-Hirsch describes only the first section, which ends in 1589; the second section describes events through 1594.
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Ms. codex.
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Foliation: Paper, ii (17th-century paper) + 182 + ii (17th-century paper); [vi, 1-2], 3-174, [ii]. 3-78 are numbered in the upper right recto in contemporary ink; 79-174 continue in pencil.
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Binding: 17th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch) with gold tooling on covers and spine. Upper and lower covers and first few leaves are detached.
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Layout: Frame-ruled in ink; 23-26 lines per page.
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1. f.1r-53v: "[text] Le plus grand contentement que puisse avoir un homme ... faiet a Villeroy le huietiesme iour d'Apuril mil-cinq cents quatre vingts-neuf signe De Neufville."
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2. f.55r-174v: "[text] Monsieur, Je vous envoye le memoire que vous m'avez demandé ... croire qu'il est veritable, et que ie demeureray eternellement vostre serviteur, De Neufville."
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Title for work as a whole and title and date for second section supplied from the version published by J.A.C. Buchon, 1836.
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Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co. (London), 1956.
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Appears in Sotheby's catalog Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII (1955), item 337.
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Appears in Rodd catalog (1836), p. 100, item 2.
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Appears in Quaritch catalog 99 (1889), no. 368.
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Formerly owned by J. Sotheby (inscription, J. Sotheby, 1685, f. 1r).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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