P. Pithou - Annalium et historiae Francorum - 1594

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P. Pithou, Annalium et historiae Francorum, Latin, 1594 edition, 625 pages, first edition in this format, original language, subject Storia, with a fine eighteenth‑century full leather binding with rich gold tooling.

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Annals and history of the Franks from AD 708 to 1594. Contemporary writers, twelve in number, first published from the library of P. Pithoei. Now reprinted in Germany... Frankfurt: at the heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claudius Marnius, and Ioann. Aubrium, 1594. Pages (16), 572, (52); size 17 x 10 cm. Seventeenth-century full leather binding with rich gold tooling and a red Moroccan-tasselled title label on the spine. Slight foxing, but overall a fine sixteenth-century copy, in good condition. Manuscript ex-libris on the frontispiece, beside the publisher's woodcut mark. Second edition of the work, published six years after the first edition. The volume contains about twenty Carolingian chronicles and fragments by various medieval authors concerning the history of France, all collected and reconstructed by the French scholar Pierre Pithou (1539 - 1596).

Annals and history of the Franks from AD 708 to 1594. Contemporary writers, twelve in number, first published from the library of P. Pithoei. Now reprinted in Germany... Frankfurt: at the heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claudius Marnius, and Ioann. Aubrium, 1594. Pages (16), 572, (52); size 17 x 10 cm. Seventeenth-century full leather binding with rich gold tooling and a red Moroccan-tasselled title label on the spine. Slight foxing, but overall a fine sixteenth-century copy, in good condition. Manuscript ex-libris on the frontispiece, beside the publisher's woodcut mark. Second edition of the work, published six years after the first edition. The volume contains about twenty Carolingian chronicles and fragments by various medieval authors concerning the history of France, all collected and reconstructed by the French scholar Pierre Pithou (1539 - 1596).

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Number of Books
1
Subject
History
Book Title
Annalium et historiae Francorum
Author/ Illustrator
P. Pithou
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1594
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
625
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