GERARD COMTE DE NEVERS, &C. 1526, 4to. The title is over the arms of France, and the text is executed in a handsome gothic letter, in long lines. At the end, it appears to have been printed for Philip le Noir. It is a very small quarto, and the volume is of excessive rarity. The present is a fine copy, in red morocco binding.
CRONIQUE DE FLORIMONT, &C. At "Lyons--par Olivier Arnoullet," 4to. At the end is the date of 1529. This impression is executed in a handsome gothic type, in long lines.
TROYS FILZ DE ROYS. Printed for "Nicolas Chrestien--en la Rue neufue nostre Dame," &c. Without date, 4to. The frontispiece displays a large rude wood cut; and the edition is printed in the black letter, in double columns. All the cuts are coarse. The book, however, is of uncommon occurrence.
PARIS ET VIENNE:--"à Paris, Chez Simon Caluarin rue St. Jacques." Without date: in double columns; black letter, coarsely printed. A pretty wood-cut at the beginning is repeated at the end. This copy is from the Colbert Library.
PIERRE DE PROVENCE ET LA BELLE MAGUELONNE. 1490. 4to. The title is over a large wood-cut of a man and woman, repeated on the reverse of the leaf. The impression is in black letter, printed in long lines, with rather coarse wood-cuts. I apprehend this small quarto volume to be of extreme rarity.
JEHAN DE SAINTRE--"Paris, pour Jehan Bonfons," &c. 4to. Without date. A neatly printed book, in double columns, in the gothic character. There is no cut but in the frontispiece. A ms. note says, "This is the first and rarest edition, and was once worth twelve louis." The impression is probably full three centuries old.
BERINUS ET AYGRES DE LAYMANT. At bottom: sold at "Paris par Jehan de Bonfons, 4to. No date. It is in double columns, black letter, with the device of the printer on the reverse of the last leaf. A rare book.
JEAN DE PARIS. "Le Romãt de Iehan de Paris, &c. à Paris, par Jehan Bonfons, 4to. Without date. In black letter, long lines: with rather pretty wood-cuts. A ms. note at the end says: "Ce roman que jay lu tout entier est fort singulier et amusant--cest de luy douvient le proverbe "train de Jean de Paris." Cest ici la plus ancienne edition. Elle est rare." The present is a sound copy. There are some pleasing wood-cuts at the end.
CRONIQUE DE CLERIADUS, &C. "On les vend à Lyon au pres de nostre dame de confort cheulx Oliuier Arnoullet. At the end; 1529. 4to. This edition, which is very scarce, is executed in a handsome gothic type, in long lines. The present is a cropt but sound copy.
GUILLAUME DE PALERNE, &C. At bottom--beneath a singular wood-cut of some wild animal (wolf or fox) running away with a child, and a group of affrighted people retreating--we read: "On les vent a Lyon aupres Dame de Confort chez Oliuier Arnoulle." At the end is the date of 1552.