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FROISSART, Jean. The History and Chronicle of Messire.
See original version (French)
121
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FROISSART, Jean. The History and Chronicle of Messire.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
FROISSART, Jean.
The History and Chronicle of Messire.
A Lyon, par Jean de Rourbes, 1559-1560.
4 parts in 2 volumes small folio, (8) ff, 462 pp, (17) ff; (6) ff, 314 pp, (3) ff and (6) ff, 363 pp, (2) ff; (6) ff, 350 pp, (2) ff. Later marbled havana basane, spine ribbed, red title-piece, gilt tomaison, richly decorated boxes, red edges (spotting, dull corners, missing headpieces, large missing last f. of the annotations of vol.2, light spotting).
New edition of Froissart's chronicle, revised and corrected from various copies after Denis Sauvage (ca 1520-1587), historiographer to King Henry II.
The main work of the historian Jean Froissart (ca 1337-ca 1404), written between 1361 and 1400, deals with the conflict between France and England during the Hundred Years' War. "His Chronicles offer the aristocratic class a vast picture of chivalric society, its deeds, festivals, rituals, dreams and concerns. For us, this book remains an essential source of knowledge of the 14th century" Bechtel, 303. Tchémerzine, III, 388.
Ex libris label on one endpaper.
See original version (French)
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