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Commines, Philip de (1447-1511) The Historie of Philip de Commines. London: Norton, 1596. First English edition, small folio, title within woodcut compartment, later calf, title compartment and genealogical tables at the end trimmed with loss of printed text, 10 1/2 x 7 in. [together with] Howell's Lustra Ludovici, or the Life of the Late Victorious King of France, Lewis the XIII, London: Moseley, 1646, small folio, contemporary boards; [and] Strada's De Bello Belgico, the History of the Low-Countrey Warres, London: Moseley, 1650, small folio, later half leather. (3)
Estimate $600-800
Commines: A6, a2, B-X6, Y4, Z7, Aa-Kk6, Ll7.
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