Histoire et chronique memorable, de Froissart (Paris, 1574)

Histoire et chronique memorable, de Froissart (Paris, 1574)
FROISSART, Jean.- HISTOIRE | ET CHRONIQVE | MEMORABLE DE MES- | SIRE IEHAN FROISSART. | REVEV [sic] ET CORRIGE SVS DIVERS | EXEMPLAIRES, ET SVIVANT LES BONS AV- | teurs, par Denis Sauuage de Fontenailles en Brie, Histo- | graphe du Treschestien Roy Henry | deuxieme de ce nom. | [... gravura xilográfica com a marca do impressor].- A Paris:A l’Olivier de Pierre l’Hvillier, Rve Sainct Iacves. M. D. LXXIIII. (1574). - 4 partes em 1 vol.; 34 cm.- E. Jean Froissart (ca. 1337- circa 1410), one of the leading chroniclers of medieval France and the most important documentary source for the first half of the 100-year war. 16th century edition of his chronicles, several times reissued in the 16th century, whose princeps edition dates back to the end of the 15th century (ca. 1495). The collation of each of the four parts (or volumes) is as follows: Premier volvme - [16], 423, [29] p .; Second volvme - [12], 288, [4] p .; Tiers volvme - [8], 333, [3] p .; Qvart volvme - [8], 324 p. Complete specimen, slightly handled and with slight browning. Marginal stains and more severe handling in the first five and last 20 leaves. Contemporary binding, entirely sheepskin, reconstructed (with a new spine and label), with two large rosettes (70 x 50 mm) in the centre of both covers with a gilt background en guilloche. Brunet, II, col. 1406 (l'édition de Paris, 1574, est la plus connue).