Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £350 |
FROISSART, John (1337-1405). 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 ... Translated from the French Editions. With Variations and Additions from Many Celebrated Mss. by Thomas Johnes, Esq. to Which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, an Essay on his Works, and a Criticism on his History. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. 2 volumes, large 8vo (237 x 170mm). Half titles, 2 hand-coloured lithographed frontispieces, 3 additional titles and 70 coloured plates, heightened in gold, wood-engraved illustrations. Attractively bound in contemporary red half crushed morocco gilt, the spines with 5 raised bands and armorial motifs stamped in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: From the Collection of Wilfrid Ward; W. T. Marriott (armorial bookplate). Not in Abbey Life or Hardie English Coloured Books. (2)