R. Chantelauze - Mémoires de Philippe de Commynes - 1881

Superb illustrated edition of this scholarly work aimed at providing the cultivated public with a reliable and annotated version of the great historical text by the 15th-century diplomat and chronicler, who served Charles the Bold and then Louis XI.

The edition is distinguished by Chantelauze's philological rigor, which compares manuscripts and earlier editions to restore the text in its coherence, while accompanying it with a critical apparatus designed to illuminate the events, characters, and institutions mentioned.

Memoirs, considered a vital source for the political and diplomatic history of the late Middle Ages, offer a clear-sighted and sometimes cynical view of power practices, court intrigues, and royal strategies, and testify to the emergence of a modern historical consciousness.

The materiality of the Firmin Didot edition, a house renowned for the quality of its typography and scholarly publications, confers a bibliophilic value to the volume by combining typographic elegance with scientific seriousness.

R. Chantelauze - Memoirs of Philippe de Commynes - 1881 - Firmin Didot & Cie -
16 + 789 pages -

Good condition of the binding, beautiful binding, work in its red half-leather with corner pieces from the edition, marbled boards, slight signs of wear, rear hinge detached, making the back cover fragile, rubbed corners and headbands, spine richly decorated with raised bands, gilded titling and author's name.

Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with numerous illustrations and 4 superb color chromolithographs protected by tissue guards, title in red and black, marbled endpapers in good condition.

Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.