Froissart, Jean
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
£450
Description
Froissart's cronycles translated out of the French by Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1927-28. 4to, 8 volumes, number 271 of 357 copies of which this is one of 350 on paper, printed in red and black, numerous arms and maps hand coloured, original cloth backed boards with paper lettering piece on spine, largely unopened, minor soiling to binding, edges of labels curling, slight spotting to edges
Footnote
Provenance: Late Colonel P.L. Bradfer-Lawrence, hand coloured bookplate.