Paris: Hachette, 1882. Illustrated 11 superb chromolithographic plates, and well over 200 full-page & text engravings after old prints, etc. 540 pages. Thick 4to, bound in contemporary red 3/4 leather, ornately gilt spine, top edge gilt. Paris: Hachette, 1882. One page neatly repaired, still a very good(+) copy. Superbly printed and illustrated modernized version of this classic account of the flower of 16th century French chivalry. More

Zurich: Belser, 1983. Facsimile of a manuscript in the Vatican Library.. 67 illustrations reproduced in six colors plus gold, on acid free paper. 80pp., 4to, embossed white pigskin.(Zurich: Belser, 1983). Fine. Spectacularly illustrated manuscript, created in 1615 to prove the aristocratic lineage of a family from Kraichgau, it depicts the pageantry of armor, horses, and heraldry. The original is in the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana. (Codex Ross. 711). Accompanying the volume is a commentary by Lotte Kurras, identical in size and..... More