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Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589

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  • Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.
  • King Henri IV and Queen Marie de' Medici are submerged in the Seine in an accident when crossing the river in carriages. Etching.
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    Description de l'isle des hermaphrodites, nouvellement decouverte, contenant les moeurs, les coutumes & les ordonances des habitans de cette isle, comme aussi le discours de Jacophile à Limne, avec quelques autres pieces curieuses / Pour servir de supplement au Journal de Henri III.

    Artus, Thomas, sieur d'Embry | Date: 1724
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