Henry Newbolt; Jean Froissart — Froissart in Britain

London, James Nisbet & Co Limited, 1900. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry Newbolt's illustrated work on 'Froissart's Chronicles', detailing the hundred year war, in a half calf prize binding. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-four monochrome plates. Collated complete. Bound in a half calf prize binding from 'The Queen's School, Chester', with their gilt crest to the front. This work was written by the British historian, novelist and poet, Henry Newbolt, and covers Jean Froissart's famous 14th century historical work, 'Chronicles', which provides a prose history of the hundred years War in Britain. Bound in a half calf prize binding from 'The Queen's School, Chester&apos. Externally smart with fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities, raised bands and joints. Internally, pp. 95 starting and two plates disbound but present, otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with scattered spotting and a prize ink inscription to the front blank. Good . Ill.: The British Museum. Good .