Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Britanny, Flanders, and the adjoining countries; . translated from the original French, at the command of King Henry the Eighth, by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1523, and 1525; with the names of places and persons carefully corrected. To which are added, a memoir of the translator, and a copious index to the work.
Jean Froissart (1338-1410)
Category
Books
Date
1812
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3022095
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 4to. Not indigenous. Shelved and uniform with other chronicles in the series. Provenance: Nineteenth-century inscription on v. 1 title-page: G. Dyer. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Joseph Neeld [(ca.1800-1856), of Grittleton House. (Franks 21622 or 21623)]. Pencil note on v. 1 flyleaf: "By E. V. Utterson". Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Another volume in set inscribed by Norris: Grittleton House. H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 26/5 44 Lot 415. 20 vols. Đ25. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; blind tools and fillets within triple gilt fillet to form a border; spine gilt; gilt spine title "Froissart's Chronicles"; sewn on five double raised bands; upper board detached.
Makers and roles
Jean Froissart (1338-1410) John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1466/7-1533)