MONSTRELET (Enguerrand de). Volume second [-throisième] des - Lot 133

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MONSTRELET (Enguerrand de). Volume second [-throisième] des - Lot 133
MONSTRELET (Enguerrand de). Volume second [-throisième] des Chroniques. Paris, Guillaume Chaudière, 1572 [1571 on colophon]. 2 volumes [of 3] in 1 vol. in-folio of [15], 200, 1 bl., [4] ff.; [9], 1 bl., 255, 1 bl., [11] ff. Printer's mark on title. Tan basane, 6-rib spine decorated with two repeated interlaced gilt Φ, gilt title and tom., double gilt fillet on boards with gilt arms in center, speckled edges (Period binding). "The finest we have of these chronicles" (Brunet) of the Hundred Years' War; the two volumes cover the years 1422-1467. The third, which begins in 1444 and ends in 1467, is largely drawn from Jean Chartier, except for a few passages. It is followed by the Chronique de Louis XI, known as the Chronique Scandaleuse, attributed to Jean de Roye, and a continuation to 1516 by Pierre Desrey. With the arms of Jean-Georges LE FERON (died 1738), esquire, seigneur des Tournelles et de Pont-s.-Sceaux, first clerk to Le Blanc, minister of state, with a note concerning OLIVIER's research into the arms; ms. bookplate on the title, from the library of F. RENARD, with his engraved bookplate. Brunet, III, col. 1832; Adams, M-1612. Arms: Guigard, II, 303. f. A1 of vol. second rebacked; corner wormholes with no damage to text in quires BB-FF and damage to text in table of vol. third. Restored spine, brittle spine ends, some wetness.
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