Fabliaux ou Contes, Fables et Romans du XII et du XIII Siècle
Features
Author: Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand D'Aussy
Publisher: Jules Renouard, Librairie
Place of printing: Paris
Year of publication: 1829
Product Condition:
Work in 5 volumes in good condition. Splendid full leather binding: elegant framing with three gilded fillets on the plates, spine with 5 raised bands with title, rich friezes and date in gold, rich gilded frieze framing the inside plates; binding in good condition: some very light peeling on the headphones and on the edges of the plates. Gilded cuts with traces of dust. Papers well preserved with occasional foxing and pale brown spots. Texte en Français
Pages: (4),IX,(3),368,32;(8),432,22;(8),383,30;88),400,30;88),411,30
Format: In eighth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 23
Width: 14
Description
Collection of medieval texts edited by Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand D'Aussy (1737-1800), scholar of ancient French texts, appeared in the first edition in 1781, and "considerablement augmentée" in the third edition that we present. The text is illustrated by 18 beautiful ft engravings, all in double copy. The work is further enhanced by a splendid binding and an illustrious provenance: in fact, it comes from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville.
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