Hardcover (Full Leather)
1588 · Paris
by Belleforest, François
Paris: Lucas Breyel, 1588. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full contemporary calf, heavily worn, hinges cracked, front board nearly detached and held by one cord, rear by two, rear bottom corner degraded and broken. Old names inked out on title, light toning to title and early pages, very clean internally otherwise. With lovely early papier dominoté endpapers and pastedowns stamped "paris chez les associé" with a hard to read number - lacking original blanks with these bound in relatively early on. (4), 571, (4) leaves.
The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. (Inventory #: 046064)
The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. (Inventory #: 046064)