79 2145 France Stuart de Bonair H 17th cent
79 2145 France  Stuart de Bonair H  17th cent
79 2145 France  Stuart de Bonair H  17th cent
79/2145 [France]. Stuart de Bonair, H. (17th cent.). "Si le chevalier de Vendosme a deu prétendre la droite à la cour de Savoye, quel rang doivent tenir les cardinaux et en quoi consiste la principauté? Pour les enfants naturels et non roys contre les cardinaux françois et régnicoles, les officiers de la couronne et les princes étrangers." Autograph manuscript, pen and ink, dated "1671" on title, (10),236[=234]p., contemp. gilt calf w. coat of arms of LOUIS ALEXANDRE, COUNT OF TOULOUSE on both covers, sm. 8vo.

- A few lvs. inner margin strengthened; pagination skips 2p. Joints splitting; spine-ends sl. dam.; sl. worn along extremities.

= Henri Stuart de Bonair, historiographer of the King of France and one of the 25 members of the Scottish Guard, is known for his Sommaire royal de l'histoire de France (Paris, 1676). From the library of king LOUIS PHILIPPE I, sold at auction in 1852 (acc. to annot. on first free endpaper). Library stamp of the royal residences Palais-Royal and Château d'Eu on first page. On the auction and binding: Catalogue de livres provenant des bibliothèques du feu roi Louis-Philippe (Paris/ London, 1852), no. 2184. On the content: Le Long 26693; Michaud V, p.82: "Si le chevalier (...), 1671, manuscrit in-8ş., dont on connaît plusieurs copies."

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