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Copy of Memoires, ecrites à son fils contenant l'histoire de sa vie, 1609 [manuscript], ca. 1650.

Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, duc de, 1555-1623, author.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
Copy of Memoires, ecrites à son fils contenant l'histoire de sa vie, 1609 [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Uniform title
Memoires, ecrites à son fils contenant l'histoire de sa vie
Description
67 leaves ; 30 x 20 cm
Associated name
Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, duc de, 1555-1623, author.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Scope and content
Written by the Duc in 1609, at the age of 54 (see sig. A1v). He gives accounts of political and military events he has lived through and participated in.
Note
Signatures: A-L⁶ M⁴; leaves signed A-M.

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Binding information
Bound in original vellum wrapper.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from N.M. Broadbent, 1928.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1782.4
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 2904
Genre/form
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
France.

Call number
V.b.191
Folger accession
cs1785

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