Abridgement of the History of France

Name: Abridgement of the History of France
Author: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in French.

A history of France from Pharamond to Charles IX, composed for the Dauphin from his lessons: reign by reign, in seventeen books. Written around 1670-78 by Bossuet and the Dauphin and published in 1747. Lachat edition (1864).

Source: Typed transcription of volume XXV, pages 001-020. The transcription loses the œ ligature; it is restored by a dictionary pass (ambiguous forms such as sœur/sur, mœurs/murs, vœu/vu decided from the Lachat OCR). Page-bottom notes of the Lachat edition are kept as footnotes.