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Lot 1: An early condensation of Froissart from the Sydenham library

Est: $400 USD - $600 USD
Figlio Designs Auctioneers and AppraisersParis, FranceNovember 22, 2024

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FROISSART, JEAN

An Epitome of Frossard: Or, a Summarie Collection of the Most Memorable Histories Contained in his Chronicle, Chiefly Concerning the State of England and France. Wherein the Famous Warres and Conquests of King Edward the Third, with the Honorable Atchieuements of the Blacke Prince, and Other his Sonnes, both in Fraunce, Spaine and Portugall, are Compendiously Described ... Compiled in Latine by John Sleydane, and Translated into English, by P. Golding, London: Thomas Purfoot, 1608. First edition. Old calf, rebacked. 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17 x 13 cm); [2], 215, [1} pp. Boards detached, spine worn, lacking A1 (blank), minor soiling. With the bookplate of Sir Philip Sydenham on title verso.

An account of the Hundred Years' War, based on Froissart. This copy is from the famous library of Sir PhiIip Sydenham, 3rd Baronet, of Brimpton (1676 -1739); he had twenty-three different bookplates over the course of his life, of which the present is perhaps his last, dated 1738.

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November 22, 2024, 02:00 PM CET

7 rond-point des Champs Elysées, Paris, Paris, 70123, FR

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