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Amorous Games: A Critical Edition of Les Adevinesaux Amoureux (American Folklore Society Bibliographic and Special Series, Volume 25)
by Hassell, James Woodrow,Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0292703031
- ISBN 13
- 9780292703032
- Seller
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Austin, Texas: American Folklore Society By University Texas Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing; 274 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/unclipped price; Introduction in English, text in French...Examines three French texts which appear to date from the 1470s. The Amorous Games is a miscellany whose principal underlying force is the compiler's aim to provide a manual of conversation and entertainment for polite society. Included are series of questions and answers belonging to the well-established medieval tradition of the " Demandes amoreuses"; a very large number of riddles, many folk riddles, and "venditions en amours", little poems that apparently came into being as part of a social game. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 vo.
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- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109401
- Title
- Amorous Games: A Critical Edition of Les Adevinesaux Amoureux (American Folklore Society Bibliographic and Special Series, Volume 25)
- Author
- Hassell, James Woodrow,Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0292703031
- ISBN 13
- 9780292703032
- Publisher
- American Folklore Society By University Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Folklore;
- Size
- 8 vo
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