CO[M]MINES, Philippe de Les memoires de Messire Philippe de Commines [...] sur les faicts & gestes abbregees, de Loys xi. & Charles viii his son, kings of France : With the life of Mess. Angelo Catth, archevesque de Vienne : Plus, deux Epistres de Jean Sleidan [...]. [Geneva] (A. Blanc for) J. Chouet 1593 12mo: [38]-854-[2] pp. (minor spotting). Contemp. overl. vellum. Good copy. Uncommon Geneva edition of Commynes' widely read chronicle history of the reigns of Louis XI and Charles VIII of France, covering the years 1461-1498. Title within border of type ornaments. Ref. GLN-3600. - Adams C-2461. - Pettegree (FB) 13864. - Aurel Index. 143.397. - BB I:657:C-184. - Chaix/Dufour/Moeckli 136. - VdVekene (Sleidan) F/b 012.A. Prov. Collector's stamp. - Charles Jaillet, Vienna 1941 (mod. bookpl.).

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