Sales catalogue: Quaritch

Date:
February 1882
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/17/31
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Quaritch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Very rare: not in the Salva collection. A copy was sold not long since for £60. A wormed copy fetched 535 fr. at the Miro sale. C1p—see Romances of Chivalry: Spanish Cycle. JOINVILLE, Histoire de Saint Louis—see post No. 8383. 8370 MUNTANER (Ramon) Curonica o descripcio dels fets, e hazanyes del inclyt Rey Don IAumz Primer Rey Darago, e de molts de sos decendents, folio, bd. very scarce, fine copy in vellum, £10. Barcelona, Iaume Cortey, 1562 8371 ——-—— another copy, folio, bownd in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £18. 1562 Muntaner was born in 1265, and was at work on his Chronicle between 1325 and 1328. He probably died about the time when Froissart was born (1337). His Chronicle, written in the Limosin language, is somewhat like that of Froissart in its style and character, but Muntaner was a warrior, a Catalan knight, while the later chronicler was a cleric. 8372 ETTERLIN (Peterman) Kronica von der loblichen Edytgnoschaft Ir harkémen vnd sust seltzam strittenn vnd geschichten, sm. folio, aylographic title and numerous spirited woodcuts, amongst them a large one, representing Tell shooting at the apple, very large copy um morocco extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf, EXTREMELY RARE, 6. Basel, Michael Furtter, 1507 The first book in which the Tell legend appears in print. 8373 FROISSART (Jehan). Le premier [le second, le tiers et le quart] volume || de froissart. || Des croniques de France. Dangleterre, Descoce, || Des- paigne, De Bretaigne, De Gascogne, De flandres || 4 vols. in 8, folio, dlwe morocco extra, covered with jfleurs de lis, in morocco cases, by Lortic, from the Didot collection, £350. Paris, Anthoine Vérard, s.d. (? 1500) First EDITION, EXCESSIVELY RARE. <A superb copy, with very large margins, in a magnificent binding. 8374 FROISSART (Messire Jehan). le premier [second, tiers, quart | volume de Froissart Des croniques de france: dangleterre: descoce: despaigne: de bretaigne: de gascongne: de fladres, et lieux circunuoisins, 4 vols. in 3, sm. folio, title to Vol. IT and last leaf of Vol. Tin MS. calf, extremely cheap, £5. 5s 1505-18 8375 Froissart. Here begynneth the fyrst volum of Syr Johan Froyssart: of the Cronicles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlaude (sic), Bre- tayne, Flaunders, and other places adioynynge. Translated .... by Johan Bouchier knyght lorde Berners, 2 vols. folio, black letter, very jine large copy, scarlet morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere, £72. (Vol. I:) Wyllyam Myddylton, n. d. (Vol. I1:) Rycharde Pynson, 1525 Very rare. Perkins’ copy sold for £96; Corser’s for £95. 56