COTOLENDI Charles - La vie de tres-haute et tres-puissante princesse

COTOLENDI Charles The Life of the very-high and very-powerful princess Henriette-Marie of France, Queen of Great Britain. Paris: At Michel Guerout, Salle Neuve du Palais, to the Dauphin, 1690 Prima edizione. [18], 326, [13, indice] pp. 1 vol. In-8°. Contemporaneous binding in leather, spine with 5 nerves with engravings and faded gold title. Henriette Marie of France (Henriette Marie de France, 1609-1669) was queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as wife of King Charles I. She was mother of two sovereigns, Charles II and James II, and grandmother of two queens and a king – Mary II, William III and Anne of Great Britain – as well as the paternal aunt of Louis XIV of France and daughter of Henry IV. At the time of the English Revolution, which in 1649 led to the execution of her husband, King Charles I, the queen was forced to take refuge in France. Good overall condition, contemporary binding with wear to the boards and edges. Interior pages in good condition, with sporadic foxing and browning. Rif. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, IV, p. 984; Cioranescu 22079

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