FROISSART (Jehan). The Chronicles. Abridged edition by Mme d - Lot 31

FROISSART (Jehan). The Chronicles. Abridged edition by Mme de WITT. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1881. A substantial in-4° volume, red percaline with personalized decoration, gilt edges (bound by A. Souze - Engel). Eleven chromolithographic plates reproducing the illuminated miniatures from the original manuscript, two maps, 33 large compositions in black, and 252 engraved figures. Minor signs of wear. INCLUDED: DAUDET (Alphonse). Tartarin in the Alps. New Adventures of the Hero from Tarascon. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, Publisher, 1885. In-8°, red half-shagreen with corner pieces, gilt fillet edging the covers, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, illustrated cover preserved (early 20th-century binding). FIRST EDITION. Numerous illustrations, including sixteen color plates, based on works by ARANDA, BEAUMONT, MONTENARD, MYRBACH, and ROSSI. One of 125 head copies on Japanese paper; this one (No. 80) is one of 100 containing a portrait of the author. Spine slightly faded: ribs and edges rubbed. Vicaire, III, 57–58: Carteret, I, 197.