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LORRIS, Guillaume de & Jean de MEUNG. Le Romant de la Rose, translated from rhyme into prose by Jean Molinet, [Lyon: Guillaume Balsarin, 1503]. 2, printed in double column, numerous woodcut illustrations (lacking the ?blank a4, inner gutter of first 3 leaves repaired and with slightly shorter margins, margins of a1v-a2r soiled, C1, C6, n2, and n5 with shorter margins, possibly supplied from another copy, gathering t soiled, occasional mainly marginal staining and spotting), old-style calf, some old manuscript annotations and 2 old ownership inscriptions on title.
Begun about 1237 by Guillaume de Lorris and finished after his death by Jean de Meung, the Roman de la Rose tells the story of a lover's quest in a dream for the strongly guarded Rose. It is a courtly romance drawing on classical antecedents, such as Ovid and Boethius. This edition not in Brunet.
Begun about 1237 by Guillaume de Lorris and finished after his death by Jean de Meung, the Roman de la Rose tells the story of a lover's quest in a dream for the strongly guarded Rose. It is a courtly romance drawing on classical antecedents, such as Ovid and Boethius. This edition not in Brunet.