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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Sensuyt vng tres beau [et] excelle[n]t Romain nomme Jehan de Paris roy de France : Lequel apres que son pere ent remys le Roy Despaigne en son Royauline, par la prouesse et par ses pompes et subtilities espousa la fille du dict Roy Dispaigne, laquelle il amena en France [et] vesquire[n]t longuement en grant triumphe [et] honneur [et] a la gloire de France.

Accession number
PML 18243
Published
Imprime a Lyon : A la maison de feu Barnabe Chaussard, pres nostre dama de Confort Le .xix. iour de Nouember. Mille cinq cens .xliiii [19 November 1544].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Notes
After the death of the printer Barnabé Chaussard, his shop was managed between 1532 and 1552 by Jean Cantarel, who married Chaussard's widow Jeanne de la Saulcée (Baudrier XI: 57 and passim).
Signatures: A-K⁴.
Woocut initials and 38 illustrations.
Printed in black and red.
PML copy is only copy known.
Description
40 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) 18 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Leo Olschki, July 1908.
Binding
Red morocco by Chambolle-Duru.
Classification
Department