[Rarebooks] FS: Near contemporary account of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Rheims: 1577

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(FRANCE) LE TOCSAIN, CONTRE LES MASSECREURS ET AUTEURS DES CONFUSIONS EN 
FRANCE... Adresse a Tous les Princes Chrestiens... Rheims: Jean Martin. 1577. 
First edition. 8vo. ff.(4),163. Lacking the final leaf, a blank. 19th 
century full purple calf, gilt spine, hinges rubbed. A.e.g. Some occasional 
soiling.     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The very scarce first edition of this attack upon those responsible for the 
Saint Batrtholomew Day Massacre (1572) in which thousands of Protestant 
Huguenots were killed. An important source book for this period. BL French STC, 
p. 185. Adams lists two other editions (not the 1577) under "France, 
History." Brunet, Vol. V, pp. 871-872.

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