Leaf from Chronicles of England, Volume IV: French and English representatives meet at Leulighem, the ""Peace of Duke Philip""

1475 (Renaissance)

34 cm 43 cm

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This manuscript is volume IV in a set of five from the collection "Recueil des chroniques et anchiennes istories de la Grant Bretaigne," written by Phillip the Good's counselor and chamberlain Jean de Wavrin. It chronicles the history of England from the early years of the rei...

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Robert Blathwayt, Dyrham Park, Chippenham, England, 19th century (?) [1]. Sotheby's Sale, London, November 20 1912, lot 125; purchased by Sabin, London, 1912. Leo S. Olschki, Florence [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1914; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The manuscript has possible evidence of two previous provenance episodes: visible brown ink inscription (""27-6"" on fol. 1) possibly indicative of price and related to this volume's separation from the set of three others (II, III, V) mentioned in the 1686 inventory of the library of William III of Orange; ex-libris (cropped, in brown, faded ink) on fol. 2 reads ""Philipp. Franc...,"" ca. 1700[2] His inventory number 35396 on front pastedown in pencil
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