ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. VOLUME ONE [-THREE] OF THE CHRONIC - Lot 49

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ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. VOLUME ONE [-THREE] OF THE CHRONIC - Lot 49
ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. VOLUME ONE [-THREE] OF THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAN DE MONSTRELET. P., Chaudière, 1572. Three parts bound into a sturdy folio volume (binding: 352 × 240 mm) in brown calfskin, with a gilt fleur-de-lis in the center of the covers within a wide gilt fillet frame, spine with raised bands adorned with gilt fleurons, brown morocco title label, upper edge stained brown, side and lower edges gilt (contemporary binding); Part 1: (18) ff., 322/324 ff. [i.e., 325/327 ff.: 3 ff. numbered 31*, 31**, and 31*** have been added, and ff. 33 and 34 are MISSING] - Part 2: (12) ff., 201 ff., (1) blank f. - Part 3: (10) ff., the last of which is blank, 255 ff., (13) ff. [the first and last pages are blank] - Signature: Part 1: ã4 ~e4 ~i4 A-Z6 [3 folios signed F*, F**, and F*** have been added—folios F3 and F4 are MISSING] Aa-Zz6 AAa-HHh6 A4 B2 - Part 2: +8 A-Z6 Aa-Kk6 Ll4 (Ll4 blank) A4 - Part 3: ã4 ~e6 (~e6 blank) A-Z6 AA-TT6 VV4 (VV4 blank) a-b6 (b6 blank). Restored binding: modern clasps, spine, and title label; an old (18th-century) fawn calfskin spine has been reattached to the modern spine; leather is missing from the edges. 16th-century edition, partly in its original form, revised by Denis SAUVAGE (1520–1587), the historiographer to Henry II. Shared between the two Parisian booksellers Guillaume Chaudière and Pierre L'Huillier, “this edition is the finest we have of these Chronicles” (Brunet).Monstrelet’s chronicle, covering the years 1400 to 1444, is followed by the “New Chronicles,” which extend to 1516. It is an IMPORTANT RECORD of 15th-century history, bridging the chronicles of Jean Froissard and those of Philippe de Commines. A COPIUS EXAMPLE with a fresh block, entirely written in brown ink, preserved in a restored period binding (the original covers have been retained). Pages 33 and 34 of Part 1 ARE MISSING. Old handwritten bookplates in brown ink on the first blank leaf—"Je suis à Robineau"—and on the title page—"JB. D. Lépicier"—followed by bookplates reading "Seymour Leslie" and "Hornus." ¶ Adams, M1612 - Brunet, III-1832 - Picot, Rothschild Catalog, II-2098 - Tchemerzine, IV-867, which mentions the addition of the 3 folios numbered 31* to 31*** in Part 1 - USTC, 11240, at the address of Jean Le Blanc at Pierre L’Huillier and [Guillaume Chaudière], who owns a copy with a collation identical to ours.
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