Chroniques].

A composite set made of two different editions printed in Paris (text complete). 3 vols folio. 17th-c. vellum, flat spines, red edges. 1. Le premier volume des croniques de France, dangleterre, descoce, despaigne, de Bretaigne, de Gasco[n]gne, de Flandres et lieux circunvoisins. A. Verard, [1499/1500]. [8]-cclxxi (= cclxx) ff. (last bl. lacking, sl. soiled, occ. marg. wormholes, margins strengthened, tear in the text of f. XXLXIII strengthened). Second edition. Text in 2 cols. Large grotesque "L" with 2 heads on title-page. Printer's mark on reverse of last leaf. Ref. Bechtel (Gothiques) F-183. - STC French 186. - Tchemerzine III:363/364. - ISTC if00323000. - BMC VIII:88/89. - GW 10407. - Goff F.-323. - Not in BP16, Pettegree, Adams. Prov. Ms. entries on title and on f. cxxxv. 2. Le second [- quart] volume [...]. Nouvellement reveu oultre les précédentes impressions [...]. On les vend [...] en la bouticque de Poncet le Preux (by A. Couteau for Galliot du Pré [- for Poncet le Preux]). 2 Sep. 1530. 3 parts in 2 vols: [4]-ccxiii-[1], [4]-clxxi, [4]-lxxx ff. (ms. entry crossed out on t.-p., light dampstains, some large in part III, foxing on title of pt. III). Ed. shared between Jean Petit, Galliot du Pré and Poncet le Preux. Illustrated with 1 woodcut in text in part III representing the French soldiers returning after the Battle of Sluys. Text in 2 cols, with ornamental initials (some dotted). Titles within architectural woodcut border with "L" grotesque. Marks of Poncet le Preux, Petit and Galliot du Pré. Ref. Renouard III:2096. - Adams F-1065 (vol. I-II). - STC French 189 (Couteau for P. Le Preux). - Pettegree (FB) 21919 & 21921. - Bechtel (Gothiques) F-187. - Tchemerzine III:382/384. - BP16 103485. Prov. [Georges Petit].