[BARNAUD (Nicolas), LA BOÉTIE (Estienne de), HOTMAN (François) and Théodore de BÈZE]. Le Réveille-matin des François et de leurs voisins. Composed by Eusèbe Philadelphe Cosmopolite, in the form of dialogues. - Dialogue second du Réveille-matin des François Edimbourg, de l'imprimerie de Jacques James [ Lausanne, François Le Preux ?], 1574. 2 volumes in one vol. in-12, (20) ff. of which the last is blank, 159 pp. 1 blank p., and 192 pp. in brown jansenist morocco, spine ribbed (slightly faded), gilt edges, gilt roulette inside (late 19th c. binding). First edition of this Huguenot pamphlet against absolutism following the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres. Ex-libris Robert Hoe. A few stains.

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