COMMINES (Philippe de). Memoirs of Sir Philippe de Comines, - Lot 18

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COMMINES (Philippe de). Memoirs of Sir Philippe de Comines, - Lot 18
COMMINES (Philippe de). Memoirs of Sir Philippe de Comines, Lord of Argenton, containing the History of the Kings of France, Louis XI and Charles VIII. New edition [...] by Messrs. Godefroy. Expanded by Abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy. London, and available in Paris, Rollin fils, 1747. 5 parts in 4 quarto volumes, contemporary full calf, decorated ribbed spine. (3) ff., CXVIII, 632 pp.; (2) ff., X, 660 pp.; (2) ff., XIX, 650 pp.; (2) ff., VIII, 432 pp., 215 pp. Scuffs, scuffs on the leather, worn caps. First edition annotated by Lenglet du Fresnoy, with a frontispiece by Bernard Picart engraved by Duflos, 2 fold-out genealogical tables, and 4 separate-block portraits (Philippe de Commines, Louis XI, Charles the Bold, Charles VIII). Enclosed is a handwritten genealogy of the House of Commines from 1642 to 1809. Unbound In-4, 13 pp.
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