[GAGUIN (Robert)]. […] A most useful compendium on the origins and deeds of the Franks. [At the end:] Printed in Lyon at the expense of Mr. Johannes Trechsel of Germany […] 1497 [Lyon, Jean Treschel, 1497]. In-4° (203 x 275 mm), bradel, green cardboard binding, title in ink on the spine (late 19th-century binding). 128 ff. signed: a4, b-o8, p-q6 & r8 (the last page blank). Third (?) edition of this work, first published in 1495, though no copy of the original is known to exist. Minor damage to the top cap; first five leaves foxed. “Essential work” by Robert Gaguin (Bechtel, 303); Brunet, II, 1438.
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€2,500 - €3,000
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30%
[GAGUIN (Robert)].
[…] A most useful compendium on the origins and deeds of the Franks. [At the end:] Printed in Lyon at the expense of Mr. Johannes Trechsel of Germany […] 1497 [Lyon, Jean Treschel, 1497]. In-4° (203 x 275 mm), bradel, green cardboard binding, title in ink on the spine (late 19th-century binding).
128 ff. signed: a4, b-o8, p-q6 & r8 (the last page blank).
Third (?) edition of this work, first published in 1495, though no copy of the original is known to exist.
Minor damage to the top cap; first five leaves foxed.
“Essential work” by Robert Gaguin (Bechtel, 303); Brunet, II, 1438.
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