Lot no. 67
[BENOIST (Élie). Histoire de l'Édit de Nantes, contenant les choses les plus remarquables qui se sont passées en France avant et après sa publication, à l'occasion de la diversité des Religions... jusquques à l'Édit de révocation, en octobre 1685. Avec ce qui a suivi ce nouvel édit jusqu'à présent. Delft, Adrien Beman, 1693-1695. 5 volumes in-4, grained calf, spine decorated, edges mottled (Binding of the period). First edition of this key source for the history of French Protestantism.
A pastor in Alençon, Élie Benoist (1640-1728) emigrated with most of his followers to Delft when the Edict of Nantes was revoked. Involved in the negotiations, he defended his co-religionists.
An unsigned intaglio engraved title-frontispiece.
An elegant copy from the library of Duke Frédéric-Auguste of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Œls (1740-1805), with armorial bookplate.
Headbands slightly restored.
Bourgeois & André, n°5128.
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