Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries, . from the latter part of the reign of Edward II. to the coronation of Henry IV. By Sir John Froissart. Translated from the French editions. With variations and additions from many celebrated mss. by Thomas Johnes, .... To which are prefixed, a life of the author, an essay on his works, and a criticism on his history. In two volumes.
Jean Froissart (1338-1410)
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3130570
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Pencil price '2 vols 25/' & codes '1463' '232' 'N.N.'. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, marbled paper sides, endpapers & edges, spine gilt-tooled & lettered on red & black labels 'Froissart's chronicles'; uniformly bound with Monstrelet's chronicles.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Jean Froissart (1338-1410) Thomas Johnes (1748 - 1816) Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Saint Palaye (1697-1781)