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Histoire de Theodose Le Grand Pour Monseigneur Le Dauphin [Jemima Duchess of Kent 1712 armorial bookplate]
Paris: Grégoire duPuis, 1699. Third Edition Thus. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. [4], 614 [22 index]. French language. Re-cased and rebacked with a faux-leather backstrip, gilt rules and lettering. Original boards: paneled calf, sprinkled edges. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Boards rubbed, top edge soiled, leaves crisp and bright. Good+. Item #4880
The life and reign of Roman Emperor Theodosius I the Great by the Bishop of Nîmes, renowned orator and tutor to the Dauphin. With the bookplate of the first Duchess of Kent, Jemima Crew (1675 – 1728). She was married to Henry Gray, an unpopular court figure known as "Bug" -- a sobriquet earned for rich body odor -- who later bought the dukedom.
Price: $175.00