COMMYNES, Philippe de. The Historie of Philip De Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton. London: John Bill, 1614. 4to (288 x 184mm.) Decorative woodcut title, woodcut decorative initials, head and tail pieces throughout. (Light browning and spotting, some heavy damp-staining, numerous shaved margins and marginal tears and repairs, occasional ink marginalia and soiling, pp.269-270 lacking and replaced in facsimile.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and reinforced corners.) Provenance: W. Blair (inscription 'I have compared this with the Spanish translation, by Don Juan Vitrian 1643, & I find the respective dates to correspond' dated 1797 to front pastedown); G.V. Parlby (inscribed 'Re-bound by me in 1951, much of the original leather being used. A missing folio has been replaced by a facsimile made from the British Museum copy of the book. Remains of the ribbons found in the old binding are preserved below').