JOINVILLE (Jean, sire de): History of S. Loys IX, king of France. By Messire Jean Sire de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne. Newly brought to light according to the old original of the Author by Mr Claude Menard, King's Counselor, & Lieutenant in the Prevosté of Angers. Paris, En la Boutique de Nivelle, Chez Sébastien Cramoisy, 1617; 10 ff. including the title, portraits of St Louys and Louis XIII, engraved by Gaultier, 372 pp. , 3 ff. of table; in 4°, brown calf, spine decorated with a repeated fleuron in gilt fillet frames, boards decorated with a double gilt fillet, pieces of arms in the corners, and a central medallion, red edges. Binding of the period. Edition realized by Ménard on a different manuscript which does not yet represent the original text of the author. Brunet, III, 557. Is bound afterwards: Sancti Ludovici Francorum Regis vite, conversatio et miracula, per T. Gaufridum de Bello-Loco, confessorem et F. guilelmum, carnotensem capellianum ejus ... item Bonifaci papæ VIII sermones duo in canonisatione, bulla canonisationis et indulgentia in translatione corporis, ipsius; omnia nunc primum ex. mss codd edita, studio et cura Claudii Menardi. Ibidem, idem. The arms in the corners are those of the de Lajudie family (Olivier, 2378); in the center of the plates, the laurel medallions have been brought back, whereas the arms should have been erased (restored spine, fragile hinges).
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JOINVILLE (Jean, sire de): History of S. Loys IX, king of France. By Messire Jean Sire de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne. Newly brought to light according to the old original of the Author by Mr Claude Menard, King's Counselor, & Lieutenant in the Prevosté of Angers. Paris, En la Boutique de Nivelle, Chez Sébastien Cramoisy, 1617; 10 ff. including the title, portraits of St Louys and Louis XIII, engraved by Gaultier, 372 pp. , 3 ff. of table; in 4°, brown calf, spine decorated with a repeated fleuron in gilt fillet frames, boards decorated with a double gilt fillet, pieces of arms in the corners, and a central medallion, red edges. Binding of the period. Edition realized by Ménard on a different manuscript which does not yet represent the original text of the author. Brunet, III, 557. Is bound afterwards: Sancti Ludovici Francorum Regis vite, conversatio et miracula, per T. Gaufridum de Bello-Loco, confessorem et F. guilelmum, carnotensem capellianum ejus ... item Bonifaci papæ VIII sermones duo in canonisatione, bulla canonisationis et indulgentia in translatione corporis, ipsius; omnia nunc primum ex. mss codd edita, studio et cura Claudii Menardi. Ibidem, idem. The arms in the corners are those of the de Lajudie family (Olivier, 2378); in the center of the plates, the laurel medallions have been brought back, whereas the arms should have been erased (restored spine, fragile hinges).