1813 Romance of the ROSE Guillaume de Lorris Medieval French Poetry BEAUTIFUL

1813 Romance of the ROSE Guillaume de Lorris Medieval French Poetry BEAUTIFUL

“The more a man gazes on what he loves, the more he sets fire to his heart and bastes it with bacon fat.”

― Guillaume de Lorris, The Romance of the Rose

The ‘Roman de la Rose’ is a famous 13^th-century Medieval French poem written as an allegorical dream sequence. It was written by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun who sought to express the feelings of romantic love, sexuality, and chivalry.  Thought to be the most widely read book other than the Bible in the 13^th– and 14^th-centuries, it was highly influential on other authors including notably Geoffrey Chaucer.

This early 19^th-century edition was published in Paris beautifully bound in Moroccan leather. Edited by Dominique Meon.

Item number: #14753

Price: $950

LORRIS, Guillaume de

Le Roman de la Rose

Paris : Impr. de P. Didot l’aîné, 1813. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 1 – xxiij, 164
  • 2 – [4], 460
  • 3 – [4], 395
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in (21cm x 14cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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