FROISSART, Jean. - Lot 121

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FROISSART, Jean. - Lot 121
FROISSART, Jean. L'Histoire et chronique de 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 tan basane, spine ribbed, red title-piece, gilt tomaison, richly decorated caissons, red edges (epidermures, dull corners, missing headpieces, large missing last f. of annotations on vol.2, light wetness). New edition of Froissart's chronicle, revised and corrected on various copies after Denis Sauvage (ca 1520-1587), historiographer to King Henry II. Main work by historian Jean Froissart (ca 1337-ca 1404), written between 1361 and 1400, about the conflict between France and England during the Hundred Years' War. "His Chroniques 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.
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