ANCILLON, CHARLES.
Histoire De L'Etablissement Des François Refugiez Dans Les Etats De Son Altesse Electorale De Brandenbourg.
Berlin, Roger, 1690.
8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities. Stains to boards and spine-ends missing part of leather. Small worm-tracts to lower margin, not affecting text. (16), 399, (3) pp.
The exceedingly rare first edition of Ancillon’s influential history on the migration and settlement of French Huguenot refugees in the state of Brandenburg during the late 17th century. “Charles Ancillon (1659–1715), one of a distinguished family of French Protestants, was born on the 28th of July 1659, at Metz. His father, David Ancillon (1617–1692), was obliged to leave France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and became pastor of the French Protestant community in Berlin. Charles Ancillon studied law at Marburg, Geneva, and Paris, where he was called to the bar. In 1699 he succeeded Pufendorf as historiographer to the elector, and the same year replaced his uncle Joseph Ancillon as judge of all the French refugees in Brandenburg. Of his fairly numerous works the only one still of value is the Histoire de l’établissement des Français réfugiés dans les états de Brandebourg (Berlin, 1690).” (Encyclopædia Britannica).
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