2 Vols Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV.

Sir John Froissart [Jean Froissart]; Thomas Johnes [trans.]

Edité par Henry G. Bohn, London, 1855

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A two-volume Bohn reissue in half morocco, richly illustrated with Humphreys" illuminated plates, presenting Johnes"s classic English translation of Froissart"s chronicle of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards.Complete in two volumes.This is a Bohn reissue of the 1844 W. Smith edition.A celebrated English translation of Froissart"s medieval chronicles, covering European history from the later reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV, with particular focus on the Hundred Years" War.Complete with a colour-lithographed title page to each volume, and two illuminated title pages with plates after medieval manuscripts, using designs by Henry Noel Humphreys. Originally produced for the 1844 45 W. Smith edition, the illustrations are drawn from celebrated manuscript copies of Froissart in the British Museum"s Harleian Collection and the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris.A landmark medieval chronicle by Jean (Sir John) Froissart (c. 1337-c. 1410), offering an expansive contemporary narrative of the Hundred Years" War and political life in England, France, Spain, and the adjoining regions from the later reign of Edward II through to the rise of Henry IV.Johnes"s nineteenth-century translation, long regarded as the standard for its clarity and scholarly corrections, remains the most important modern English rendering of Froissart"s Chronicles. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, fragile. Boards of volume II fully disbound and in need of sympathetic repair. Boards of volume I fragile, but holding, with cracking to joints. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to morocco. Slight discolouration to boards and spines with one or two minor handling marks. Slight rubbing to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges and slight offsetting from plates. Good Only.

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• Titre: 2 Vols Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV.
• Éditeur: Henry G. Bohn, London
• Date de parution: 1855
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: Sir John Froissart
• État de l'article: Good Only
• Type de livre: book