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[16], 271, [9]; [16], 267, [5], 296, 299-306, [1], 307-494 [i.e. 309] p., 38 leaves |
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A translation of parts 1-3 of "Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicæ in regno Galliæ libri" by Jean de Serres. Part 1 is actually an abridged translation of "Commentaires de l'estat de la religion" by Pierre de La Place. |
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Misattributed in the introductory verses to Petrus Ramus. |
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"The cruell murther of the Admirall Chastilion" is sometimes attributed to François Hotman. |
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Colophon, 4Q2v, reads: Imprinted at London, by Henry Middleton: for Frauncis Coldocke, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Powles Church-yard, at the signe of the Greene Dragon. .. |
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Part 2 has separate dated title page, register and pagination; part 3 has separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous. "The tenth booke treating of the furious outrages of Fraunce, with the slaughter of the Admirall" (caption title) begins new register and foliation. |
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The page between 306 and 307 is numbered 491; p. 309 misnumbered 494. |
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Includes indexes. |
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A reissue of STC 22241.5, with quires ¹A-2M reprinted. A1r line 1 ends: commenta-. |
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Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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