L'histoire memorable des grands troubles de ce royaume soubs le roy Charles VII. . Contenant la grande desolatio[n] en laquelle il le trouua à son aduenement à la couronne par l'vsurpatio[n] des Angloys, ses merueilleux faicts d'armes, & de la plus part de sa noblesse, ensemble de la Pucelle Ieanne, par le moyen desquels lesdits anglois furent chassez ... & autres choses singulieres ... aduenuës pendant ledit temps redigees en icelle par M. Alain Chartier ...
Alain Chartier (c.1385-c.1435)
Category
Books
Date
1594
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092789
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 206 [i.e. 204] leaves . 4to.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)] Underscoring and French language marginalia in 17th century? hand.. Binding: Half sheep; marbled paper boards; rebacked.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Alain Chartier (c.1385-c.1435) Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596)