VARILLAS, Antoine La pratique de l'éducation des princes. Paris Cl. Barbin 1684 Lge 4to: [48]-467-[1 bl.] pp. (toned). Contemp. mottled leather, richly gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, sp. edges. Good copy with wide margins. Extensive treatise on the education of princes by the French royal historian Varillas (1624-1696). Engr. French royal arms on title, 7 engr. headpieces and a number of engr. initials. Ref. Cioranescu 65501. Prov. Paris prize book with the large prize leaf of the Jesuit "Collège Louis-le-Grand" with covered seal and calligraphic prize awarded 12 August 1693, signed by the "Praefectus". - Bookpl. erased.

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