Title: HISTOIRE DES AMOURS DE HENRY IV. avec diverses Lettres escrites a ses Maistresses, et autres Pieces Curieuses.
Description: Leiden (but actually Brussels), Jean Sambyx (Francois Foppens) 1663 . 24mo contemporary roan blind ruled (neat old reback/tips worn) 142pp +[2p] +46pp includes two un-numbered half titles in the foliation + a final blank. A-H12. The printer's mark is the amillary sphere (of Foppens?) *To page 93 are the love affairs & from thence to 142 are the letters written to the Duchess de Beaufort & the Marchioness de Vernueil extracted from the originals found after the death of Mademoiselle d'Estoges. The final 46 pages are a selection of good deeds and memorable sayings of the King. A very neat crisp copy and the date is 1663 (as MDCLXIII) although it is thought that 1664 is the first dated edition.