Sully - and the Growth of Centralized Government in France 1598 -1610
1968 (First Edition).
Eyre and Spottiswoode
, London, England
A great book for specific dedicated historians but is of limited value for the random reader however.
$40.00
Specifications
| Author | Buisseret, David |
| Publisher | Eyre and Spottiswoode |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1968 (First Edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1968 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | XI plus appendices |
| Pages | 240pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in turquoise green cloth with gold title original spine only with very minor corner and spine edge bruising, the price-clipped portrait dust wrapper with a small bookshop sticker original front paste-down is also in excellent condition now protected in clear covering. |
| Overall | With rust brown complex map endpapers, the portrait on dust wrapper and frontis is of Maximillian de Bethune, duc de Sully from a painting by Ambroise Dubois and the internal text is absolutely spotless and fine, devoid of foxing and any prior owner notations.Sully was not only a financier but but he was a leader in the formulation of foreign policy and is credited with carrying through the most far-reaching reforms of the French monetary and taxation systems. |