The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet; containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; ... and of other memorable events ... beginning at the year MCCCC., ... and ending at the year MCCCCLXVII., and continued by others to the year MDXVI. Translated by Thomas Johnes, Esq. In two volumes. ...
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (d.1453)
Category
Books
Date
1840
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3188018
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., col. front. ; 26 cm. (8vo). Bookseller's ticket (v.1): Coomes, bookseller, 141, Regent Street. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century half red morocco, with marbled paper on boards; gold ruled and gold tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (d.1453) Thomas Johnes (1748 - 1816)