1142 - ENNETIÈRES, Jean d' *The Blameless Knight Jacques de Lalain* [...]. Tournai: A. Quinqué, 1633. In-8°: [16 (including frontispiece)]–418 pp. (including 7 title leaves, lightly and uniformly browned, rare minor foxing, angular cut without loss on f. E3, last leaf trimmed flush with the edges without loss). Antique olive morocco, covers adorned with a triple border of fillets, rolled and gilded corner fleurons, four green silk laces, plain, unmarked spine decorated with gilded grotesque motifs, gilded dots on the cuts, gilded edges (a few dark spots, skillful restoration on the upper tail joint, cords and endpapers replaced). A fine copy. First edition of this rare and sought-after poem recounting the adventures of Jacques de Lalaing (1421–1453), a valiant knight of the Duke of Burgundy, recipient of the Golden Fleece, and lover of tournaments. The best-known work by the Tournai poet d’Ennetières (1590–1661), illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 16 full-page copperplate engravings (at the beginning of each canto), depicting scenes of tournaments, sieges, battles, hunting, court life, etc. Ref. Desmazières 110. - Funck 308. - Brunet II:986. Formerly owned by Robert Samuel Turner (gilded bookplate on midnight blue leather). - Édouard Moura (1863–1931), a famous bibliophile from Bordeaux whose prized library was dispersed in 1923 (bookplate with the word “Bordeaux” covered by a piece of leather bearing the inscription “Les Éclusettes”). See the Moura sale catalog, no. 415 (our copy): “a charming and unusual binding, from the libraries of R[ichard] Héber, the Prince of Essling [Victor Masséna], B. Delessert (London, 1848), Robert S. Turner (cat. no. 334), and Alphonse Willems (no. 220).”