_This is Volume VI of a complete set of_ The Great Events by Famous
Historians.

_Issued Strictly as a Limited Edition. In Volume I of this Set will be
found the Official Certificate, under the Seal of the National Alumni,
as to the Limitation of the Edition, the Registered Number, and the
Name of the Owner._




BINDING - Vol. VI

The binding of this volume is a facsimile of the original on
exhibition in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

It was executed by Geoffroy Tory, and presented by him to King Francis
I.

The broken vase so cleverly worked into the tooled design was the
device of Tory, which, as explained in his book, _Champfleury_,
represents our frail body--a vessel of clay.

Tory was professor of philosophy and literature in several colleges.
In 1518 he set up a printing-press, from whence he brought out
beautiful editions of the Greek and Latin authors, translated and
annotated by himself. In 1530 he was appointed Printer to King Francis
I.

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