Alain CHARTIER

Alain CHARTIER

Chartier (Alain) Les Oeuvres... contenans l'histoire de son temps, l'esperance, le Curial, le Quadrilogue, & autres Pieces, title in red and black and with woodcut royal arms, full-page engraved numismatic illustration, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with later red leather label, rubbed, Paris, Samuel Thiboust, 1617 § Lavardin (Jacques de) Histoire de Georges Castriot, surnommé Scanderbeg, roy d'Albanie. Contenant ses ... faicts d'armes et victoires à l'encontre des Turcs, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Hh3 pen trial to outer margin, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, Franche-Ville, Jean Arnauld, 1604; and 26 others, 17th century French, v.s. (28)

⁂ The first mentioned is the best edition of the writings of this medieval French poet and political writer.