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Le premier livre de la Cronique du tresvaillant & redouté dom Flores de Grece
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Author: Nicolas de Herberay (French, died in 1552?)
Printer: Estienne Groulleau (French, died about 1563)
Publisher: Jean Longis (French, active 1524–1562)
Publisher: Vincent Sertenas (French, died in 1562)
Author: Nicolas de Herberay (French, died in 1552?)
Printer: Estienne Groulleau (French, died about 1563)
Publisher: Jean Longis (French, active 1524–1562)
Publisher: Vincent Sertenas (French, died in 1562)
1552
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 61 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32.8 x 21.2 x 2.5 cm (12 15/16 x 8 3/8 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number66.440
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Estienne Groulleau, for Jean Longis and Vincent Sertenas, 1552
Catalogue Raisonné
Murray, French, 228; Mortimer, French, 272
Description(Paris: Etienne Groulleau, for Jean Longis and Vincent Sertenas, 1552) Folio; 173 leaves; gilt-stamped red morocco binding (E. Niedrée, 1846).
Illustrations of battles and individual combat.
Illustrations of battles and individual combat.
ProvenanceArmand Bertin ([i.e., Louis-Maris Armand] (b. 1801 - d. 1854); his sale, Paris, May 4ff, 1854); Baron François Florentin Achille Seillière (Bibliothèque de Mello); C.N. Radoulesco; Charles William Dyson Perrins (b. 1864 -d. 1958); Martin Breslauer, London (cat. 100, no. 41); 1966, sold by Martin Breslauer to the MFA for $700. (Accession Date: September 21, 1966)