The memoirs of Philip de Comines Lord of Argenton, . containing the history of Lewis XI. & Charles VIII. kings of France, with the most remarkable occurrances in their particular reigns from the year 1464. to 1498. Revised and corrected from divers manuscripts, and antient impressions;
Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511), seigneur d'Argenton.
Category
Books
Date
1674
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3009288
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 348 p.. ill.. (metal cut). fol. Old shelfmarks: F8 (NT); I.7.3 (NT) $zImperfect: wanting pp. 347-8. Rough manicules, or lines, in ink against text on pp. 9, 11-12, 14, 16, 21, 276. MS. notes in a 17th century hand against text on pp. 235, 346 and loose back pastedown. Provenance: (1) Inscriptions on title-page, with another earliest one scrubbed out: Boteler 1716 [Boteler repeated, and] Tho Court [and] J[ohn?] Hammond.; (2) Inscription on p. 1: J Boteler ; (3) Inscriptions on front free endpaper verso: T: Court. [written twice, and] J Boteler 1716 [crossed through, and] E Libris Tho: Courtt E Collegio Wadh: Com: 1729 [crossed through - possibly the Thomas Court of South Petherton, Somerset who matriculated at Wadham College on 9th March 1725-6 aged 17. Cf. Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis]; (4) Anonymous round seal armorial bookplate with motto: By truthe & diligence [George Hammond Lucy (1789-1845); not in Franks]; (5) Inscription on back recto in a late seventeenth- to early eighteenth-century hand: William Lucy [i.e. Rev. William Lucy, d. 1723]; (6) Notes on loose back pastedown in a seventeenth century hand, include: … fines per me Fr. D. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards on five alum-tawed thongs, gilt spine tooling and titling, gilt roll on board edges, brown sprinkled edges. Spine title: Philip de Comines. Old hole in front cover; insect grazing on back cover.
Makers and roles
Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511), seigneur d'Argenton.