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MERODE, RICHARD DE, Seigneur de Frentzen. La Justification du Seigneur Richard de Mérode touchant sa querelle. 1560
MÉRODE, RICHARD DE, Seigneur de Frentzen. La Justification du Seigneur Richard de Mérode . . . touchant sa querelle avecq le Seigneur Don Roderigue de Benavides . . . Translaté de l''Italien en François. 2 full-page woodcuts of Benavides; folding woodcut diagram depicting his cuirasse. 63, [1] leaves. 8vo, later 19th-century blind-tooled calf in imitation Gothic style by J. Schavye of Brussels, worn, joints starting; uncut. Mantua, 1560
- Notes: exceedingly scarce first edition in french of an account of the circumstances surrounding a celebrated duel that never took place, with each party nevertheless claiming victory; the original edition in Italian appeared in 1557. After demanding satisfaction from Benavides for having insulted him in front of a woman, Mérode then refused to fight him, objecting to the cuirasse that Benavides intended to wear. The book includes a response from Benavides, the opinions of various contemporary authorities, and much procedural detail about duelling. Palau 165872 notes only the 1867 Brussels reprint; this edition not in Levi & Gelli, OCLC, RLIN, or EDIT 16.
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