Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch, ... Translated from the French, ... To which is added, the tryal of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes

All titles

• Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch, ... Translated from the French, ... To which is added, the tryal of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes
• Mémoires de Maximilien de Bethune. English

People / Organizations

• Stanley Crowder ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, 1778. A new edition.; ..

Added name

Sully, Maximilien de B'ethune, duc de, 1559-1641.

Publication year

1778

ESTC No.

T143317

Grub Street ID

190412

Description

5v.,plate : ports. ; 8°.

Note

A very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges

The dedication is signed by the translator: Charlotte Lennox, but it is said to have been in fact written by Samuel Johnson.

Uncontrolled note

Cf. Hazen, Allen T., Samuel Johnson's prefaces & dedications. New Haven, 1937, pp. 110-116