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MONSTRELET, Enguerrand de (1400–1453). The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. [Cardiganshire]: Hafod Press, 1809. 5 volumes. 4to. Translated by Thomas Johnes. FIRST MONSTRELET EDITION, one of 300 quarto sets (selling out quickly so that a second edition was called for and printed a year later in London). Copper engraved title vignettes by Britton and Angus (few copies carry this engraving; other sets are known to have unsigned wood engraved vignettes that “lack the same charm and detail”), 51 full-page black & white engravings. Rebound in modern cloth backed boards, black morocco spine labels gilt, pages uncut and mostly unopened (occasional pale spotting at margins). AN IMPORTANT FRENCH HISTORY BEGINNING WHERE SIR JOHN FROISSART FINISHED. The Book Collector (Autumn 1973, pp. 334–335). Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.