Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of that Monarch, and his own Administration under Him. Translated from the French, by the Author of the Female Quixote. To which is added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great. In Five Volumes. A new edition.

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Title Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of that Monarch, and his own Administration under Him. Translated from the French, by the Author of the Female Quixote. To which is added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great. In Five Volumes. A new edition.
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Signed Author Translated from the French, by the Author of the Female Quixote.
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Volumes 5
Pagination I xxxiii, 414; II viii,399; III vii,416; IV ix,473; V vi,226,[247]
Date of Publication 1778
Edition Statement A new edition.
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Imprint Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans
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Location of Printing London GB
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Notes ESTC notes a very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges. The dedication is signed by the translator: Charlotte Lennox, but it is said to have been in fact written by Samuel Johnson.
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L'Écluse des Loges, Pierre Mathurin de. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of that Monarch, and his own Administration under Him. Translated from the French, by the Author of the Female Quixote. To which is added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great. In Five Volumes. A new edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 8335, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/8335. Accessed 2024-12-18. 

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  publisher={John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] \& James Dodsley \& Stanley Crowder \& George Robinson [ii] \& Thomas Cadell [London] \& Thomas Evans [32 Paternoster Row]},
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