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CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. 1594 La Premiere Face du Janus François

CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. La Premiere Face du Janus François, contenant sommairement les troubles, guerres civiles & autres choses memorables advenues en la France. French text of quatrains by Nostradamus with commentary and Latin translation by Chavigny. [32], 336, [16] pages. 4to, contemporary brown morocco with gilt device of banded arrows in center of covers and monogram MSD additionally stamped on front cover, spine and cover edges worn; contents dampstained at beginning and end, occasional browning, minor tear in title gutter. Armorial bookplate of the historian Denis-François Secousse (1691-1754). Lyon: heirs of Pierre Roussin, 1594

  • Notes: Bilingual collection of 347 quatrains relating to the Wars of Religion in France, with notes and a biography of Nostradamus by Chavigny. Chomarat 154; Benazra, page 130.
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