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Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Medieval French allegory delineating the ideals of Christian life, the current state of France, and the duties of authority, with considerable personal observation and historic fact. The author (1327-1405) travelled widely, serving the King of Cyprus and Charles V & VI of France; he argues that is is the duty of the Christian world to liberate the Holy Land. This set presents Mézières' original text, based on the manuscript held by the Bibliothèque Nationale, compared to the other four known copies, with an English synopsis and translation of important sections. Two volume set, stout hardcovers. Review slip laid in. Light wear to books; minor foxing, light rubbing, a bit of edge creasing to UK price-clipped jackets, light creasing to first few pages of voulme one, minor damage to edges of endsheet & first five or so leaves of volume two. Text clean; ix, blank, 636; vii, blank, [537] pages; index, bibliography, b/w frontispiece in each volume. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this set of books will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Large Octavo. Set.