DE TROYES, Jean; edited by Andrew R. Scoble.
The Memoirs of Philip De Commines, Lord of Argenton.
London: Henry G. Bohn , 1855-56.
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Finely Bound Example of The Memoirs of Philip De Commines, Lord of Argenton
First edition of Jean De Troyes' The Memoirs of Philip De Commines. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarter bound in brown leather, gilt tooling and titling to the spine, raised bands, top edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times". Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time.
The Memoirs of Philip De Commines, Lord of Argenton.
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