(ANCILLON, CHARLES).
La France Interessee a retablir L'Edit De Nantes.
Amsterdam, Desbordes, 1690.
12mo. In contemporary coloured floral ornamented paper wrappers. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities. Title-page with underlignings in red. Internally nice and clean. (26), 263, (8) pp.
Rare first edition of this work which discusses the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and argues for its reinstatement. The Edict of Nantes, issued in 1598 by Henry IV of France, granted substantial rights to French Protestants (Huguenots), ensuring freedom of religion and ending the French Wars of Religion. In 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes with the Edict of Fontainebleau, leading to widespread persecution of Protestants, forced conversions to Catholicism and the exodus of many Huguenots from France.
Order-nr.: 61755
DKK 3.000,00