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; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries. Beginning at the year MCCCC., where that of Sir John Froissart finishes, and ending at the year MCCCCLXXVII., and continued by others to the year MDXVI.

Enguerrand de Monstrelet; Bon-Joseph Dacier; Thomas Johnes

William Smith, 1845.

2 volume set.  26 cm. Contemporary smooth tree calf boards. Boards are very attractive. Boards detached, spine lable chipped, with loss. Marbled edges and end pages. Clean, unmarked pages. Good candite for a rebind.  Vol. 1 t.p. illustrated in colors. "The life of Monstrelet; with an essay on his chronicles, by M. Dacier": vol. 1, p. xxi-xxxiv. "Observations on the chronicle of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, by M. de Foncemagne": vol. 1, p. xxxv-xxxvi. House of Valois, 1328-1589.