Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 114

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FROISSART, JEAN. Histoire et Chronique Memorable de Messire Jehan Froissart. [16], 423, [29]; [12], 288, [4]; [8], 333, [3]; [8], 324 pages. Ruled in red throughout. Together, 4 volumes in one. Folio, 349x221 mm, contemporary calf gilt-tooled to panel design with floral wreath center- and cornerpieces on covers, front joint expertly restored, front free endpapers renewed, later 17th-century morocco lettering piece mounted inside front cover; varying browning and foxing, worming in outer margins toward end slightly affecting some sidenotes; gilt edges. Paris: Gervais Mallot, 1574

Additional Details

Second edition of the 1559-61 revision by Sauvage; issue with the imprint of Mallot, one of several booksellers associated with this edition. Adams F1067-68 (with Ruelle and Sonnius imprints); Potthast, page 473; Sarton III, 1751-53; Tchemerzine (1977) III, 388.