77/2196 [Bindings. Hardy-Mennil]. Commines, P. de. Les mémoires. Leyden, chez les Elzeviers (B. and A. Elzevier), 1648, "dernière édition", (24),765[=763],(19)p., engr. title, bound by HARDY-MENNIL in 19th cent. polished crushed blue mor., triple gilt fillet lines around both covers w. French lily ornaments in all corners and double fillets on boardedges, richly gilt spine w. raised bands w. repeated French lily ornament in each compartment, gilt inside dentelles, marbled free endpapers, a.e.g., signed "Hardy-Mennil" on verso frontcover, 12mo.

- Without pages 673-674 (mispagination); occas. trifle foxed. Spine-ends sl. rubbed.

= Rahir 630; Willems 634 (listing a number of copies bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet): "Edition admirablement executée dont les exemplaires grands de marge et bien conservé se paient fort cher". P. de Commines (1447-1511), chronicler for Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, later confidant of Louis XI.