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MONSTRELET, Enguerrand de (c. 1390/1395-1453). Le premier [second, tiers] volume de enguerran de monstrellet. Paris: François Regnault, 1518.
3 volumes in one, 2° (305 x 200mm). Large woodcut calligraphic initial on each title, one full-page woodcut presentation scene and one woodcut of a scribe in vol. I, half-page woodcut in vol. II, printer's device on each title and at end of each volume, woodcut ornamental initials. (Small marginal worm hole in a few leaves of vol. I, small marginal dampstain and light browning in the last leaves of vol. III, marginal worm track in some leaves of vol. III.) 19th-century calf backed in red morocco, sides with gilt triple fillet, spine gilt in compartments (spine ends chipped, joints split, corners rubbed, cup ring on lower side). Provenance: 'Pamam' (small title inscription in vol. II) -- John Prickett (title signature dated 1775) -- William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891; Chatsworth bookplate; sold Christie's, 30 June 1958, lot 76).
THE CHATSWORTH COPY. Monstrelet picks-up where Froissart's left off, in 1400, and broadens Froissart's scope to relate events beyond France. He was sometimes eye-witness to the events he narrates, such as the interview between Joan of Arc and Philip of Burgundy, although Monstrelet claims not to remember details of the conversation. The first two volumes, up to 1444, are the work of Monstrelet himself; the author of the third volume is anonymous but generally considered to be Matthieu d'Escouchy. This fourth edition follows two undated editions by Vérard and reprints a 1512 edition by Jean Petit and Michel le Noir. Adams M-1616; Brunet III: 1832; Renouard-Moreau II, 1904.
3 volumes in one, 2° (305 x 200mm). Large woodcut calligraphic initial on each title, one full-page woodcut presentation scene and one woodcut of a scribe in vol. I, half-page woodcut in vol. II, printer's device on each title and at end of each volume, woodcut ornamental initials. (Small marginal worm hole in a few leaves of vol. I, small marginal dampstain and light browning in the last leaves of vol. III, marginal worm track in some leaves of vol. III.) 19th-century calf backed in red morocco, sides with gilt triple fillet, spine gilt in compartments (spine ends chipped, joints split, corners rubbed, cup ring on lower side). Provenance: 'Pamam' (small title inscription in vol. II) -- John Prickett (title signature dated 1775) -- William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891; Chatsworth bookplate; sold Christie's, 30 June 1958, lot 76).
THE CHATSWORTH COPY. Monstrelet picks-up where Froissart's left off, in 1400, and broadens Froissart's scope to relate events beyond France. He was sometimes eye-witness to the events he narrates, such as the interview between Joan of Arc and Philip of Burgundy, although Monstrelet claims not to remember details of the conversation. The first two volumes, up to 1444, are the work of Monstrelet himself; the author of the third volume is anonymous but generally considered to be Matthieu d'Escouchy. This fourth edition follows two undated editions by Vérard and reprints a 1512 edition by Jean Petit and Michel le Noir. Adams M-1616; Brunet III: 1832; Renouard-Moreau II, 1904.
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