1208 - LA CURNE de SAINTE-PALAYE, Jean-Baptiste. *Memoirs on Ancient Chivalry*. Paris: Wid. Duchesne, 1781. 3 vols., 12mo (no date, occasional spotting or light toning). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red edges (some light rubbing). Expanded edition (1st 1753) of this rare early treatise on chivalry, originally published in vol. 20 of the “Mémoires de l’Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres” by the French medievalist La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (1697–1781). Ref. Saffroy 3548.

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