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[Fancan (Francois Dorval-Langlois, Sieur de)] The Favourites Chronicle, first edition in English, typographic device on title, head-piece and initial, margins of first few leaves nibbled and restored, some soiling, later vellum-backed marbled boards, [STC 15203; Pforzheimer 578], 4to, Printed according to the French copie, 1621.
⁂ "Although this translation may have been in part intended as a commentary upon Buckingham and the other 'favourites' of the King's Council, it was probably published principally because of its intrinsic wit and vigor" (Pforzheimer). The author was subsequently imprisoned in the Bastille where he died. This copy has B2v line 2 with reading "began"; a variant has "beganne".
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[Fancan (Francois Dorval-Langlois, Sieur de)] The Favourites Chronicle, first edition in English, typographic device on title, head-piece and initial, margins of first few leaves nibbled and restored, some soiling, later vellum-backed marbled boards, [STC 15203; Pforzheimer 578], 4to, Printed according to the French copie, 1621.
⁂ "Although this translation may have been in part intended as a commentary upon Buckingham and the other 'favourites' of the King's Council, it was probably published principally because of its intrinsic wit and vigor" (Pforzheimer). The author was subsequently imprisoned in the Bastille where he died. This copy has B2v line 2 with reading "began"; a variant has "beganne".
