The Chronicles of Froissart. [ prize binding ].

Froissart, Jean.

Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1899

€ 60,00

Bound in red prize leather with gilt tooling, featuring the emblem of the Hull Grammar School on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. Prize label awarded in 1902 to a student for excellence in French. xxx,484 pp.; 19x13 cm. (hinges weak and top and foot of spine bit damaged, else the binding shows slight wear, and the pages are slightly browned) Overall in good condition. Text in English. See pictures.

Translated by John Bourchier, Lord Berners, and edited into one volume by G. C. Macaulay. The 'Globe Edition' of this renowned medieval chronicle, detailing European history during the 14th and early 15th centuries, with a particular focus on the Hundred Years' War.