Gérard De Beauregard - La France chevaleresque - 1900

Thrilling original edition nicely bound and illustrated of this work devoted to the history and imagination of French chivalry, through the men, the institutions, the battles, the values and the traditions that helped shape the knightly ideal in the history of France -

The book fits into a very characteristic historical and patriotic literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period during which the Middle Ages is abundantly studied, told and depicted as a founding era of French historical identity -

Gérard de Beauregard seeks to revive this universe by presenting chivalry not only as a military institution, but also as a set of social practices, codes of honor and moral representations associated with the nobility and political life of the kingdom -

Gérard De Beauregard - La France chevaleresque - SD (circa 1900) - Alfred Mame et Fils -
320 pages.

Good condition of the binding, volume in its full red cartonage binding with a polychrome decoration on the first cover, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, headcaps collapsed, gilded edges, spine and second cover ornate, a name written by a former owner on the second cover, title and author name in black -

Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with numerous engravings in black in text and out of text, a name written by a former owner on the first blank page, modern endpapers in acceptable condition, a pleasant copy -

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