Live auction - Lot 825
[France]
Cronique et hystoire [...] contena[n]t les choses aduenues dura[n]t le regne du roy Loys unziesme/ tant en France/ Bourgongne/ Flandres [...].
Lyon, Cl. Nourry, 12 April 1526
€ 1.500 / 2.500
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Lot description
Folio: [4]-Cviij (= 108).
19th-c. crimson morocco by Masson-Debonnelle (act. 1867-1885), covers with gilt central ornament, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, richly gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., marbl. endpapers, cloth marker (sl. rubbed, top corners sl. bumped). Very nice well-preserved copy.
One of the rarer editions of the popular history of the reign of Louis XI of France (1423-1483). This is a repr. of the Paris 1525 ed. (omitting the marginalia). Title in red and black, within elaborate woodcut border ("heart" symbol hand-coloured red). Full-page woodcut on verso of title. Printed in gothic type. Ref. Bibl. Belg. I:646-647 C-162. - Bechtel (Gothiques) C-448. - SvGültlingen (Nourry) 124 = Baudrier XII:133. - Pettegree FB 13777. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL). Prov. "Bibl. de Backer" i.e. Hector de Backer, 1843-1925, President of the Société des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique (pencil note). - [Georges Petit].