The memoirs of Philip de Comines Lord of Argenton : containing the history of Lewis XI. & Charles VIII. kings of France, with the most remarkable occurrances in their particular reigns from the year 1464. to 1498. / revised and corrected from divers manuscripts, and antient impressions; by Denys Godefroy counsellor and hystoriographer to the French King : and from his new edition of it printed at Paris, faithfully translated into English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Commynes, Philippe de, approximately 1447-1511.

Contributor:

Godefroy, Denys, 1615-1681.

Starkey, John, active 17th century, bookseller.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

French Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mémoires. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483.

Louis.

Charles, Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477.

Charles.

Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498.

Valois, House of--Sources--Early works to 1800.

Valois, House of.

International relations.

History.

France--History--15th century--Sources.

France.

France--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Sources--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Sources.

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 17th century.

Penn Provenance:

Fuller, Geo. F. (autograph) (Forrest Collection copy)

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest Collection copy)

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (inscription) (Forrest Collection copy)

Davison (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

40 unnumbered pages, 479, 478-542, 553-611 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : portraits ; 20 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Memoirs of Philip de Comines

Fingerprint:

y,e- r.it chey muTh (3) 1674 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Starkey ..., 1674.

Notes:

Frontispiece features the engraved portraits of Louis XI, Charles, Duke of Burgundy, Edward IV, and the author.

Numerous errors in pagination.

Title page printed within double ruled border.

Woodcuts: head-pieces; initials; factotum.

"A catalogue of books printed for John Starkey book-seller...": p. [612]-[615].

Signatures: A⁸(A2+a⁸) A*⁴ B-2Q⁸.

Leaves 2B4, 2F3, & 2N3 signed B4, 2E3, & 2M3, respectively.

Last page blank.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has an armorial bookplate of a member of the Davison family, trimmed to the edges of the coat of arms (Or, a fess wavy gules between six cinquefoils gules; crest: out of a naval coronet a dove, wings expanded and in its mouth an ear of wheat, all proper), affixed to the front paste-down endpaper.

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: the frontispiece leaf of plates closely trimmed at the upper margin, with a slight loss of the portrait captions.

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: leaf N2 has a paper flaw, with resulting loss of some text from the lower-right corner.

Cited in:

ESTC, R7258

Wing (2nd ed., 1994), C5543

OCLC:

84779267