Live auction - Lot 826

[France]

FROISSART, Jean

[Chroniques].

Paris, A. Couteau for J. Petit, 1530

€ 300 / 400

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Folio, 4 parts in 1 vol.: [6]-213-[1], [4]-213-[1], [4]-172, [2]-80 ff. (dampstaining, some tears, a few strengthened, hole in ff. 161-163 of part I with loss of text, margin of f. 80 in part III strengthened, last bottom margins of the vol. stained).

19th-c. half sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt orn. flat spine (worn, edges rubbed, upper joint split, corners bumped).

Edition shared between Jean Petit, Galliot du Pré and Poncet le Preux. Illustrated with 2 woodcuts in the text representing the English assault of Bergerac and the French soldiers returning after the Battle of Sluys. Titles (the first in red & black), within architectural woodcut border. Text in gothic type, in 2 cols, with ornamental initials (some dotted). Mark of Petit at the end of each part. Ref. Adams F-1065. - STC French 189 (Couteau for P. Le Preux). - Pettegree (FB) 21915 & 21923 (vols I & III). - Cat. Guy Bechtel F-187. - Tchemerzine III:382/384. - BP16 103485. Prov. Old ms. entries on title and on 1st f. of part I.

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Lot 826

[Chroniques].

FROISSART, Jean

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