SALIGNAC (Bertrand de, seigneur de La Mothe-Fénelon)
Le voyage du Roy au pays bas de l'Empereur en L'an M.D.LIII, Bresvement recité par lettres missives. Paris, Charles Estienne, 1554. In-4, bradel green half cloth, old red edges (Modern binding).
Renouard, p. 108.
First edition.
Bertrand de Salignac (1523-1599), diplomat, "distinguished officer in peace and in war", had made a name for himself at the siege of Metz in 1552, of which he left a report. In 1554, he accompanied King Henry II in the war of the Netherlands and gave an account of the operations of the campaign in these 4 letters addressed to the Cardinal of Ferrara.
Typographical mark with an olive tree on the title.
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