Les memoires . de Messire Philippe de Commines, cheualier, seigneur d'Argenton. . Sur les principaux faits & gestes de Louys XI. & Charles VIII. son fils, rois de France. Et vn ample indice des choses plus remarquables. Auec la vie de Messire Angelo Cattho, archeuesque de Vienne. Plus, deux epistres de Iean Sleidan, en la recommandation de l'autheur.
Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511), seigneur d'Argenton.
Category
Books
Date
1625
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095406
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],853,[23]p., [2] leaves of plates . ports.. . 12mo.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on first portrait: "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Armorial bookplate on title page verso: John Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esqr. 1698. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century blind-panelled sheepskin binding. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf. Red sprinkled edges.
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
Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511), seigneur d'Argenton. Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556)