LE GRANT TESTAMENT VILLON/ ET LE PETIT: Son Codicille le Jargon et ses Balades
by Villon, Francois
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- Condition
- Very good plus
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Edition des Quatre-Chemins. Softcover. Very good plus. Softcover. 12mo. Unpaginated. Original vellum-like parchment paper cover. Facsimile edition of the first incunable edition of 1489. Limited to 500 copies; this is # 314. In French. Paper vellum possibly browned a little, one small tear to top edge. With booklet by Pierre Champion, "La Plus Ancient Edition de Francois Villon" Booklet has light wear to untrimmed edge.
"The most studied and debated of Villon's works, Le Testament has been characterized by Champion as "la plus pathétique des poésies" (the most moving of poems) as well as the most complex and ambiguous."-poetryfoundation.
"The most studied and debated of Villon's works, Le Testament has been characterized by Champion as "la plus pathétique des poésies" (the most moving of poems) as well as the most complex and ambiguous."-poetryfoundation.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52951
- Title
- LE GRANT TESTAMENT VILLON/ ET LE PETIT: Son Codicille le Jargon et ses Balades
- Author
- Villon, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edition des Quatre-Chemins
- Place of Publication
- Paris
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Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...