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The Lyrical Poems of François Villon
by VILLON, François
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1979. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited by Leonie Adams. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase. 145pp. Decorative endpapers. Fine/near fine. Ownership signature on inner flyleaf. Sharp, bright, tight LEC edition -- second title in their 45th Series -- of this selection of the colorful 15th century French poet's verse, featuring side-by-side French/English versions using notable translations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Ernest Henley, John Payne, Algernon Charles Swinburne and editor Adams. Colophon at rear notes limitation of 2000 numbered copies (this #1049) signed boldly in ink by this volume's designer, Stephen Harvard. NEWMAN 513.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49922
- Title
- The Lyrical Poems of François Villon
- Author
- VILLON, François
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Poetry;
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