1574 FAMED Froissart Chronicles Medieval Hundred Years’ War Chivalry Sauvage 4v

1574 FAMED Froissart Chronicles Medieval Hundred Years’ War Chivalry Sauvage 4v

The ‘Chronicles’ of Jean Froissart have continually been perceived as an important work on medieval history for centuries since its inception in the 14^th-century. While some of the subjects covered are repetitive and insignificant, many topics are of utmost importance including famous battles, deaths of monarchs, and the Catholic Church Great Schism. According to Adams in the “Manual of Historical Literature,”

“Froissart might be called the great interviewer of the Middle Ages. He lived from 1337 to about 1410, and wrote chiefly of contemporaneous events. The ‘Chronicles’ are universally considered as the most vivid and faithful picture we have of events in the fourteenth century. As a picture of the most favorable side of chivalry, the work has no equal”

This 1574 edition was translated and edited with commentary by Denis Sauvage, bound in an impressive leather folio.

Item number: #24260

Price: $1599

FROISSART, Jean

Le premier (-quart) volume de l’histoire et cronique

A Paris: a l’Oliuier de Pierre l’Huillier, 1574.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 4 volumes in 1 large tome
  • 1 – [16], 423, [29]
  • 2 – [12], 288, [4]
  • 3 – [8], 333, [3]
  • 4 – [8], 324
• References: USTC 7557; Adams, MHL 334-5;
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate/Wax seal – W. Priestley, Lightcliffe
  • William Priestley (1779–1860) was a 19^th-century Halifax wool clothier and literary antiquarian known for his extensive library and local musicianship. He was portrayed in the BBC television series Gentleman Jack by actor Peter Davidson. Motto: RESPICE FINEM
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~13.25in X 9in (33.5cm x 22.5cm)
• VERY rare and desirable

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