SCUDERY (Georges de) : Discours politiques des Rois, Dédiez à Monseigneur le Cardinal Mazarin. Paris Aug. Courbé, 1647; in 4°, title-frontispice, (26), 574 pp. vellum with flaps. modern binding in the style of the 17th century. First edition, the first French work on universal history. Scudéry attributes speeches to the kings of France, but also to Charles V, to the kings of England, Sweden, Castile, Mathias Corvin, Scanderberg, etc. In fact, the author wants to give a moral sense to his work. Cioranescu, 61969; Angot, Revue d'hist. litt. de la France, 1924, pp 100 to 108