1735 Romance of the Rose Guillaume de Lorris Medieval de Meun Flamel Alchemy 3v

1735 Romance of the Rose Guillaume de Lorris Medieval de Meun Flamel Alchemy 3v

“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 who sought to express the feelings of romantic love, sexuality, and chivalry. It was completed by Jean de Meun who continued the work begun by Lorris. 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 18^th-century edition was published in Amsterdam printed in three volumes. This particular edition is of note, not just for containing the ‘Roman de la Rose’, but also de Meun’s “Romantraces of the Wandering Alchemist’ and a short treatise on the alchemy of Nicolas Flamel!

Item number: #19212

Price: $950

LORRIS, Guillaume de; MEUN, Jean de

Le Roman de la rose

Amsterdam, chez J. F. Bernard, 1735.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
  • I – [4], LXVIII, 362
  • II – [2], 424
  • Vol III – [2], 384
• Provenance: Bookplate – Jacques Laget
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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