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After Henry III was forced to flee Paris in May, 1588, and was forced to proclaim the Edict of Union in July, 1588 he called a council at Chartres in August. This letter from the Duc de Nevers, 1539-1595, states Nevers's military plans and his devotion to the monarch - a devotion balanced with his partisanship of the Guises and his Leaguist propensities. ; Electronic reproduction; [1], 12, [3] p. ; 16 cm (4to)

The distinguished French humanist LeRoy, d.1577, addresses his treatise to Catherine de Medicis, discussing contemporary European events with emphasis upon the Turks, the expansion of the Muscovites, Hungary and Austria. Of particular interest is his reference to the inhabitants of new lands and the eastern and western Indies. See Duvall item no.138 for a 1570 reprint. ; Electronic reproduction; 27, [1] p., 1 . ; 18 cm.