Jean Froissart

A limited edition, finely bound set of Froissart's Chronicles, depicting the age of Anglo-French rivalry from the deposition of Edward II to the downfall of Richard II.

• Sold as a set of 8 volumes.
• Jean Froissart (French).
• Translated by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners.
• Illustrated by P. Woodroffe.
• Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927.
• Includes six hand-colored maps, heraldic back pieces and tail pieces and over 600 hand-colored coats-of-arms of English, Scottish and Irish princes and knights.
• Part of a limited and numbered edition of 350 copies printed at the famed Shakespeare Head Press on handmade paper.
• Bound in full crushed blue morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled spine and boards, 14th century Royal Arms of England inlaid on front boards, top edges gilt and deckle edges.