Guyard de Berville - Histoire de Pierre Terrail dit Le Chevalier Bayard - 1768

Guyard de Berville (1697-1770). History of Pierre Terrail known as Le Chevalier Bayard. Paris, H. C. de Hansy, 1768, xxxiv-486 pages, 4 pages.

A volume in-12 (170x100 mm), full calf, ornamented spine with raised bands, restored red leather title piece, marbled edges (period binding). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, pale water stain affecting the margin of the last five pages (the publisher's catalog). Interior fresh, without foxing.

New edition following the original published in 1760.

History of Pierre Terrail, Lord of Bayard, better known as Chevalier Bayard, a French nobleman who notably distinguished himself as a knight during the Italian Wars (15th and 16th centuries).