LHystoire tresrecreatiue: traictant des faictz & gestes du noble & vaillant Cheualier Theseus de Coulongne [...].

4to : [8]-ccxxii (= 304) ff. (sl. toned, somewhat short at top).

19th-c. gilt crushed red morocco by Bauzonnet-Trautz, covers with triple gilt ruled border, richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g. (over marbled edges), marbled endpapers, green silk marker. Very good copy.

Extremely rare ed. (5th recorded copy) of the anonymous adventure novel about Theseus. Set in the times of the Merovingian King Dagobert, the romance recounts the deeds of Theseus of Cologne, son of Floridas (King of Cologne in 632) and Alydone (maiden at the court of Dagobert) as well as his companions Ludovis of France, son of Dagobert, Ludovis’s faithful assistant Assaillant, Count of Dammartin, and Lambert, Count of Anjou. Title woodcut. Woodcut mark at the end. 3 woodcuts in text. Title printed in red and black. Text printed in 2 columns, in gothic type. Provenance: Collector’s ticket (unidentified monogram). Leather label: "[Jean-Josephe-Sosthène baron] De La Roche Lacarelle" (1816-1887), French collector. [Georges Petit]. Ref. Bechtel (Gothiques français) T-63.- Essling 226.- Pettegree FB 13691.- Not in Adams, Fairfax Murray, Mortimer (Harvard French), etc.