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Comines, Philippe (Philippe de Commynes)Biblio.com

MÉMOIRES DE MESSIRE PHILIPPE DE COMINES SEIGNEUR D'ARGENTON CONTENANS L'HISTOIRE DES ROYS LOUYS XI & CHARLES VIII DEPUIS L'AN 1464 JUSQUES EN 1498.LES

1649réf. 138960Paris: Imprimerie Royale Sébastien Cramoisy 1649. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. folio 265 x 375 mm. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. 56-572 11 pages with two large genealogical tables printed on double-pages. Revues & corrigez sur divers manuscrits & anciennes impressions. Augmentez de plusieurs traistez contracts testaments autres actes & de diverses observations. Par Denys Godefroy Conseiller et Historiographe ordinaire du Roy. The Denys Godefroy edition with this copy being a somewhat larger paper copy 375 mm tall as opposed to the commonly found 350 mm tall. Small bookplate on front pastedown. Ownership name in ink on recto front free endpaper and ownership notes in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked but firm. Loss of the leather spine in third compartment. Spine age-darkened. Rubbing to extremities. Minor foxing throughout. Dampstaining to title page. Philipe de Comines was a Statesman and one of the most interesting of the old French historians of the Middle Ages. Dibdin says that "no English Historical Collection can be complete without P. de Comines." A great visionary Comines 1447 - 1511 noticed and regretted the permanent antagonism between the European nations and aspired to a Europe united by Christianity. He advocated free trade the reform of the currency and the system of weights and measures as well as the consultation of the States General in order to avoid any despotism. After the first edition was produced by Denis Sauvage in 1552 which marked a notable progress this edition of 1649 produced by Théodore and Denis Godefroy was a great step forward. They printed at the prestigious Imprimerie Royale installed in the Louvre. In addition to the beautiful typographical quality it was established on two manuscripts and on the Sauvage edition. Many new lessons appear here for the first time and the editors attach to the text a valuable compendium of supporting material. this edition of 1649. Imprimerie Royale (Sébastien Cramoisy) unknown

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Comines, Philippe deBiblio.com

The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight Lord of Argenton. Translation by Thomas Danett with dedicatory Epistle to Lord Burghley signed by him.

1601réf. 62363London: Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton 1601. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Bound in contemporary paneled calf central gilt lozenge last nine leaves of genealogical tables have contemporary manuscript notes. Upper covers split and pulling away from boards which are nevertheless firmly attached by cords; front free endpaper missing; internally very good. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Second edition in English of a primary source for 15th century European history. Commines has been called "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature principally for his shrewd and practical insight into the political realities of his day his psychological insight and his forthright account of the machinations of the politicians he described. His history is divided into 8 books the first six of which deal with the reign of Louis XI; the last two deal with the Italian wars of Charles VIII ending with his death Thomas Danett's English translation was first published in 1596. In his dedication to Lord Burghley dated 1 Nov. 1596 Danett states that thirty years before he presented Lord Burghley and "the late Earle of Leicester my Lord" his 'historie of Commines rudely translated into our vulgar toong' and that he later revised and enlarged his translation at the request of Sir Christopher Hatton. According to the DNB Danett fl. 1566-1601 was also the author of the following works: "1. The Description of the Low Countreys and of the Prouinces thereof gathered into an Epitome out of the Historie of Lodouico Guicchardini' London 1593 dedicated to Lord Burghley. 2. A Continuation of the Historie of France from the death of Charles the Eight where Comines endeth till the death of Henry the Second 1559 collected by Thomas Danett gentleman' London 1600 dedicated to Lord Buckhurst. ." STC 5603 Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton unknown