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The Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaine, Flaunders: and other places adioynynge
Jean Froissart, 1523-1525
FROISSART, Jean (c.1337-c.1410). The Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaine, Flaunders: and other places adioynynge. Translated by John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners. London: Richard Pynson, 28 January 1523-31 August 1525.
The rare first English edition of Froissart's Chronicle, bound for Drayton House. Froissart, almost certainly in this translation by Lord Berners, was an important source for Shakespeare's histories and the most fulsome historical text printed in English to date. Originally composed in the 14th century, his Chronicle is a prose history of the Hundred Years War, informed both by earlier chronicles as well as the author's own experiences at key events and told in a lively and romantic style emblematic of the Chivalric Age. This translation was commissioned by Henry VIII and printed by Richard Pynson, King's Printer and a leading member of the generation of English printers following Caxton. This is the issue with "redouted." It is very rarely found complete, most often appearing in mixed sets or with leaves supplied from the second edition; the last complete copy to appear at auction was in 1988. STC 11396 and 11397.
Two volumes, folio (313 x 213mm). Blackletter type. Woodcut border to vol. 2, Tudor arms on title verso, Bourchier's arms at end of each volume, woodcut initials (lacking preliminary leaves, with title and preface leaf supplied from another early edition, first text leaf remargined, a2 repaired with four words supplied in manuscript facsimile, small wormholes in text abating after first couple gatherings, several other leaves with repairs affecting a few lines of text, smaller marginal repairs from an early date, corner torn away from n1 in vol. 2 and replaced in manuscript facsimile, final leaf cropped and window mounted with losses supplied in ink facsimile, a few leaves soiled). 19th-century calf gilt (spines dry, wear to corners and joints with a few chips). Provenance: John Dusunton (inscription) - Drayton House (blindstamped supralibros, sold by Nigel Stopford Sackville [1902-1972] upon his inheritance of the house, his sale Sotheby's, 25 July 1927, lot 99) - Charles E. Roseman, d. 1952, Ohio collector (by descent to his wife and donated to:) - Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art (bookplate, stamps, and withdrawal stamp).
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The Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaine, Flaunders: and other places adioynynge
Jean Froissart, 1523-1525
FROISSART, Jean (c.1337-c.1410). The Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaine, Flaunders: and other places adioynynge. Translated by John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners. London: Richard Pynson, 28 January 1523-31 August 1525.
The rare first English edition of Froissart's Chronicle, bound for Drayton House. Froissart, almost certainly in this translation by Lord Berners, was an important source for Shakespeare's histories and the most fulsome historical text printed in English to date. Originally composed in the 14th century, his Chronicle is a prose history of the Hundred Years War, informed both by earlier chronicles as well as the author's own experiences at key events and told in a lively and romantic style emblematic of the Chivalric Age. This translation was commissioned by Henry VIII and printed by Richard Pynson, King's Printer and a leading member of the generation of English printers following Caxton. This is the issue with "redouted." It is very rarely found complete, most often appearing in mixed sets or with leaves supplied from the second edition; the last complete copy to appear at auction was in 1988. STC 11396 and 11397.
Two volumes, folio (313 x 213mm). Blackletter type. Woodcut border to vol. 2, Tudor arms on title verso, Bourchier's arms at end of each volume, woodcut initials (lacking preliminary leaves, with title and preface leaf supplied from another early edition, first text leaf remargined, a2 repaired with four words supplied in manuscript facsimile, small wormholes in text abating after first couple gatherings, several other leaves with repairs affecting a few lines of text, smaller marginal repairs from an early date, corner torn away from n1 in vol. 2 and replaced in manuscript facsimile, final leaf cropped and window mounted with losses supplied in ink facsimile, a few leaves soiled). 19th-century calf gilt (spines dry, wear to corners and joints with a few chips). Provenance: John Dusunton (inscription) - Drayton House (blindstamped supralibros, sold by Nigel Stopford Sackville [1902-1972] upon his inheritance of the house, his sale Sotheby's, 25 July 1927, lot 99) - Charles E. Roseman, d. 1952, Ohio collector (by descent to his wife and donated to:) - Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art (bookplate, stamps, and withdrawal stamp).
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