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[LA SALLE, Antoine de] - L'Histoire et plaisante cronicque d…
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54
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[LA SALLE, Antoine de] - L'Histoire et plaisante cronicque d…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[LA SALLE, Antoine de] - L'Histoire et plaisante cronicque du petit Jehan de Saintré, de la jeune dame des Belles Cousines, sans autre nom nommer. Paris, Pierre-Jacques Bienvenu, 1724. 3 vol. in-12, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated.
Edition given by Thomas-Simon Gueullette of this famous novel composed around 1456. It is enriched with numerous historical and critical notes, and preceded by a preface on the tournaments of ancient chivalry. The edition also contains the Histoire de Messire Floridan et de la belle Ellinde, translated from Nicolas de Clamanges by Rasse de Brunhamel, and the Extrait des cronicques de Flandres, by La Salle. Own copy of the publisher Thomas-Simon Gueullette (1683 -1766) a renowned playwright and storyteller, who also published Montaigne and Rabelais. Engraved bookplate inserted in each volume and note in his hand: ''Voyez les nottes de Mr Le Duchat, tome 1er du Ducatiana, f°34. Il attribue mal apropos cette édition et les nottes à Mr Gueudeville, elles sont de moy; au reffus de Mr De lamonnoye qui demandoit 300 ll aux libraires auxquels je les donnay gratuitement.''
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