POLITICAL DEEDS, JUDGMENTS, AND MEMORABLE ACTS OF KINGS AND HEROES OF ANTIQUITY (VOLUME VII) Villalpando Printing Press, Madrid, 1797. Translated from the French by Baltasar Driguet. Adorned with fine plates. Title page, 134 pp. Worn copy. Modern Dutch binding - History of Argyropyllus, Roman Emperor, and Empress Zoa - History of Negalisa, Princess of England - Imprisonment and Death of Marshal Marillac - The Force of Blood, a Spanish novel. Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez, daughter of the actor Paul Poisson (1684-1770), was a French writer and playwright married to a Spanish nobleman, Don Gabriel de Gómez. Her first tragedy, Habis, was launched in 1714 to critical acclaim and was performed at the Comédie-Française in 1732. This prolific writer penned numerous novels and several tragedies. Between 1722 and 1772, she published eight editions of Les Journées amusantes.
