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JOINVILLE (Jean de). Histoire de saint Louis, by Jehan sire de Joinville. [Followed by] Les annales de son règne, by Guillaume de Nangis [And by] Sa vie et ses miracles, by le Confesseur de la Reine Marguerite... A Paris, de l'Impr. royale, 1761. In-folio, [1] f. (title), XXII-558-CLXXXIII p., figs, period speckled tan calf, 6-rib spine, matching title page, ornate caissons, red edges (defects including split upper jaw, 1 uncovered cap, 2 worn corners; freckling). Considered the best of the early editions, compiled by Anicet Melot, Abbé Claude Sallier and Jean Capperonnier, guards of the King's Library. It is illustrated with two copper-engraved h.-t. folding maps covering Saint Louis' crusade routes in Egypt and Palestine; a title finial engraved by Lemire, 3 engraved vignettes after Eisen and Gravelot, 3 engraved culs-de-lampe and 3 initials. (Tchémerzine III, 779 ; ; Brunet III, 557 ; Cohen 518).
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JOINVILLE (Jean de). Histoire de saint Louis, by Jehan sire de Joinville. [Followed by] Les annales de son règne, by Guillaume de Nangis [And by] Sa vie et ses miracles, by le Confesseur de la Reine Marguerite... A Paris, de l'Impr. royale, 1761. In-folio, [1] f. (title), XXII-558-CLXXXIII p., figs, period speckled tan calf, 6-rib spine, matching title page, ornate caissons, red edges (defects including split upper jaw, 1 uncovered cap, 2 worn corners; freckling). Considered the best of the early editions, compiled by Anicet Melot, Abbé Claude Sallier and Jean Capperonnier, guards of the King's Library. It is illustrated with two copper-engraved h.-t. folding maps covering Saint Louis' crusade routes in Egypt and Palestine; a title finial engraved by Lemire, 3 engraved vignettes after Eisen and Gravelot, 3 engraved culs-de-lampe and 3 initials. (Tchémerzine III, 779 ; ; Brunet III, 557 ; Cohen 518).
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