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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.Charles Martell imprisoned in Cologne;he flees and wins three battles and conquers Alemannia,Suabia and Bavaria.Fol.102
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.The dream of King Charles le Chauve.When Louis le Begne learns of the dream,he has the ashes transferred to St.Denis.Fol.208
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages. Good King Louis IX (the Saint)during the 7th crusade: his ships on the Nile;battle against the Sarazens; burial of masons killed by the Sarazens. Fol.338
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm 441 pages.Probably written and painted in the Abbey of St.Bertin.The coronation of Philippe VI in Reims,1328.The battle of Cassel in which the French subdued the Flemish uprising.Fol.398
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Les Grandes Chroniques de France,middle 15th.French, parchment,46,5 x 32,5 cm...

Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-1431),seigneur de Bourg-Achard. Around 1470,French,parchment,43 x 31 cm,364 pages. King Priam greets his son Paris and Helena,whom Paris has abducted.Volume 1,fol.85
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Chronique de la Bouquechardiere,world-history composed by Jean de Courcy (1350-...

Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x 20 cm, 126 pages.A satyre on married life.8th "joy":The husband suffers during a difficult delivery;his wife leaves on a pilgrimage with her lover;souvenir-booths upon arrival.
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Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x...

Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x 20 cm, 126 pages.A satyre on married life.Below right:the husband leaves for battle.Left top:the dog barks,the wife's lover enters through the window.Seeking shelter in the castle.
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Les Onze Joies de Mariage - The eleven joys of marriage 1485,French,paper,27,9 x...

Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.French,parchment,24,5 x 16,5 cm, 46 pages.Translation from the Latin by Jean Laudet,1499 for the wedding of Anne de Bretagne with Louis XII. Presentation of the book to Louis XII.fo.2 verso.
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Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.Fren...

Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.French,parchment,24,5 x 16,5 cm, 46 pages.Translation from the Latin by Jean Laudet,1499 for the wedding of Anne de Bretagne.God Mercury ex- plains that marriage must be based on love (Venus).fol1
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Plutarque,Dicours sur le Mariage de Pollion et Eurydice end 15th,early 16th.Fren...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm, 112 pages.King Louis XII writes to his wife Anne de Bretagne,asking her to join him in Italy.fol.51 verso.
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dedicated to Anne de Bretagne Early 16th,French and La...

Epistres en Vers Francois,dediated to Anne de Bretagne. Early 16th,French and Latin,parchment,29,5 x 19,5 cm, 112 pages.King Louis XII writes to Hector of Troy. A messenger,Boreas the wind, waits to carry the letter to the Elysian Fields.fol.81 verso.
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Epistres en Vers Francois,dediated to Anne de Bretagne. Early 16th,French and La...

The Book of the Game of Chess,Swiss-German,end 14th. A pawn.fol.104 verso.
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The Book of the Game of Chess,Swiss-German,end 14th. A pawn.fol.104 verso.