Philippe de Commynes - Les Memoires de messire Philippe de Comines - 1682
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Les Memoires de messire Philippe de Comines by Philippe de Commynes is a single, later edition from 1682, in French with original language indicated, comprising 616 pages (600 plus 16 pages of main contents) and including three engraved portraits and two folded genealogical plates in a very good condition binding.
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Rare complete volume with the two folded plates and the three engravings.
"Les Memoires de messire Philippe de Comines" - 1682
Edition edited by Denys Godefroy
Publisher - A. La Haye Chez Arnout Leers
Complete edition with 3 portraits engraved in copper and 2 folded genealogical plates.
Pages 600 + 16 pages "Table of contents"
On the first and second pages, beautiful handwritten annotations in Latin, probably by a humanist between the late 17th century and the early 18th.
Hardcover binding with applied paper "à la toile d'araignée" marbled brown.
At the back, a handwritten label COMINES in cursive, same hand as the internal notes.
In very good condition,
compact volume, inner pages with normal foxing as is typical of 19th-century paper.
One folded plate divided into two parts
Small loss of marbled paper
lower left part of the cover and spine.
Philippe de Commynes was the most important chronicler of the Middle Ages. This volume covers the period from 1464 to 1498, from King Louis XI to Charles VIII.
Even today, as the work is still studied, it has never lost its charm and its popularity.
See photo.
Rare complete volume with the two folded plates and the three engravings.
"Les Memoires de messire Philippe de Comines" - 1682
Edition edited by Denys Godefroy
Publisher - A. La Haye Chez Arnout Leers
Complete edition with 3 portraits engraved in copper and 2 folded genealogical plates.
Pages 600 + 16 pages "Table of contents"
On the first and second pages, beautiful handwritten annotations in Latin, probably by a humanist between the late 17th century and the early 18th.
Hardcover binding with applied paper "à la toile d'araignée" marbled brown.
At the back, a handwritten label COMINES in cursive, same hand as the internal notes.
In very good condition,
compact volume, inner pages with normal foxing as is typical of 19th-century paper.
One folded plate divided into two parts
Small loss of marbled paper
lower left part of the cover and spine.
Philippe de Commynes was the most important chronicler of the Middle Ages. This volume covers the period from 1464 to 1498, from King Louis XI to Charles VIII.
Even today, as the work is still studied, it has never lost its charm and its popularity.
See photo.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
History
Book title
Les Memoires de messire Philippe de Comines
Author/ Illustrator
Philippe de Commynes
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1682
Edition
Subsequent edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
616
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