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BUSSIÈRES, JEAN DE, S.J. Scanderbegus Poema. [46], 283, [16] pages, including engraved additional title. 12mo, contemporary brown morocco gilt-tooled to all-over pattern of fleurs-de-lis surrounding the arms of Madeleine-Hippolyte de Brancas (Olivier 733); contents toned. Signature of Francesco Driuzzo dated 1836 on title verso and at end; inscription from Francis C. Macaulay to Victor A. Sarton dated 1895, and from the latter to Emily Howell Wilkins. Lyon: Laurent Anisson & Jean-Baptiste Devenet, 1658
Second edition of a neo-Latin poem originally published in 1656. Madeleine-Hippolyte de Brancas, daughter of Georges, first Duc de Villars, was the founder and Superior of the Ursuline convent at Narbonne.
