Live auction - Lot 1289
[France - Sleidanus]
Frossardus et Cominaeus, duo nobilissimi Gallicarum scriptores.
Amsterdam, J. & C. Blaeu, 1640
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
12mo: 670-[48-2 bl.] pp. (toned).
Contemp. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink (head def.).
Pocket-size ed. of Latin versions by the Luxemburg historian Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556) of the histories of Late Medieval France by Jean Froissart (1337-1405) and Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511). Their 1st combined ed. was publ. Frankfurt 1584. Engr. title. Woodcut mark on part titles.
Ref. BB V:121-122:S-162. - STCN.
Prov. Old names and initials ("Nehem", "F. V. H."). - "N.J. Bocquet" (Mons bookseller’s ticket). - "Marquis de Gages, à Mons" (collector’s ticket).
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