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MOLINET, Jean (1435-1507). Les faictz et dictz. Paris: Jehan Petit, 1537. 8° (161 x 100mm). Black letter. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials. (Title repaired with small area of manuscript facsimile, other edge mends, light soiling, occasional mainly marginal light staining and spotting.) 16th-century blind-panelled calf, the sides with portrait medallions of Mars and Venus (rebacked, corners repaired). Provenance: 'L'abbé Manuel' (ink signature) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 167, where purchased).
MOLINET, Jean (1435-1507). Les faictz et dictz. Paris: Jehan Petit, 1537. 8° (161 x 100mm). Black letter. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials. (Title repaired with small area of manuscript facsimile, other edge mends, light soiling, occasional mainly marginal light staining and spotting.) 16th-century blind-panelled calf, the sides with portrait medallions of Mars and Venus (rebacked, corners repaired). Provenance: 'L'abbé Manuel' (ink signature) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 167, where purchased).
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MOLINET, Jean (1435-1507). Les faictz et dictz. Paris: Jehan Petit, 1537. 8° (161 x 100mm). Black letter. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials. (Title repaired with small area of manuscript facsimile, other edge mends, light soiling, occasional mainly marginal light staining and spotting.) 16th-century blind-panelled calf, the sides with portrait medallions of Mars and Venus (rebacked, corners repaired). Provenance: 'L'abbé Manuel' (ink signature) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 167, where purchased).

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MOLINET, Jean (1435-1507). Les faictz et dictz. Paris: Jehan Petit, 1537. 8° (161 x 100mm). Black letter. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials. (Title repaired with small area of manuscript facsimile, other edge mends, light soiling, occasional mainly marginal light staining and spotting.) 16th-century blind-panelled calf, the sides with portrait medallions of Mars and Venus (rebacked, corners repaired). Provenance: 'L'abbé Manuel' (ink signature) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 167, where purchased).

The second (first octavo) edition of Molinet's works, first published in folio in 1531. Includes the 'Recollection des merveilleuses histoires advenues en nostre temps', begun by Chastelain and continued by Molinet, which opens with an account of Joan of Arc'. Brunet III, 1812.

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