[Perrinet du PIN]. La conqueste de Grece Faicte par le trespreux & redoubte en chevalerie Philippe de madien Aultremēt dit le chevalier a lesparvier blãc Hystoire moult recreative et delectable. Newly printed in Paris. Small folio, red morocco, triple cold fillet, ribbed spine decorated with the same, interior lace, gilt edges on witnesses (Noulhac). Bechtel, 603/P-126 // Brunet, II-226 // USTC, 55596. (4f.)-CXIIII / +4, A-T6 / 43 lines on 2 columns, gothic car / 178 x 247 mm. A very rare first edition of this novel of chivalry, which also had another undated edition published by Jehan Bonfons in the second half of the 16th century. Very little is known about its author. Born in La Rochelle in the first half of the 15th century, Perrinet Dupin or Du Pin probably spent time at the Court of Savoy between 1458 and 1482. He was appointed ducal secretary by Duchess Yolande in the 1470s, probably with the task of writing a history of the counts and first duke of Savoy. He left behind a Chronique du Comte rouge (Chronicle of the Red Count), which tells the story of Amédée VII, Count of Savoy. Before this Savoyard period, in 1448 Perrinet Du Pin had written a novel of chivalry entitled La Conqueste de Grece faicte par le trespreux et redoubte en chevalerie Philippe de Madien, which he dedicated to the Duchess of Lusignan, wife of Duke Louis. It is illustrated with a fine woodcut on the title depicting the knight Philippe de Madien in armour, on a caparisoned horse, setting out to conquer Greece, the arms of France on the verso of the title, a woodcut depicting the author at his desk, 8 woodcuts in the text illustrating the novel and the printer's mark on the last leaf. A superb copy of this very rare novel of chivalry, of which we have found no copies in classic private collections, except for one at Firmin-Didot cited by Bechtel. Minor spotting to the first 2 leaves and a few pale old rings.