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First edition of the translation by Valentin Esprit Fl\u00e9chier (1632-1710). A very fine copy bearing the arms of the Count of Hoym.<\/span><\/p>\n Fl\u00e9chier entered the congregation at the age of fifteen and went to Paris, where he successively became a tutor at Caumartin’s, a guest of the Montausiers, a tutor to the Dauphin, in the company of Bossuet and D. Huet, and chaplain to the Dauphin, Marie-Anne of Bavaria. Highly esteemed by his contemporaries, Abb\u00e9 Fl\u00e9chier was elected to the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise: \u2018In 1672, the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise welcomed him, at the age of forty, as the successor to another familiar figure at the H\u00f4tel de Rambouillet, le Nain de Julie, Godea, bishop of Vence, and it was for his reception that it inaugurated its public sessions. It was so successful that Racine, who was introduced on the same day in January 1673, read his speech almost in a whisper and refused to publish it\u2019 (Grente).<\/p>\n Giovanni Francesco Commendon (1524-1584), Italian cardinal, who carried out diplomatic missions successively under Popes Julius III, Pius IV and Pius V. During his missions, he stayed in England with Queen Mary I, and travelled through Austria, Germany and Poland.<\/p>\n Very nice copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4to (245 x 174 mm) 14 nn.ll., engraved portrait by Campion, 524 pp. 12 nn.l. (index). Contemporary polished calf, triple gilt filet, central coat-of-arms of Count of Hoym (OHR, 672), spine gilt with raised bands, gilt edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1267,1265,1450],"class_list":{"0":"post-79828","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-binding","8":"product_tag-christianity","9":"product_tag-first-edition","10":"pa_auteur-gratianus-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"outofstock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" GRATIANUS","chapeau":"The Count of Hoym's copy","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, S\u00e9bastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1671","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n