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Le Roman de la rose. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur les meilleurs et plus anciens manuscrits, par M. Méon.

Le Roman de la rose. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur les meilleurs et plus anciens manuscrits, par M. Méon.

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Le Roman de la rose. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur les meilleurs et plus anciens manuscrits, par M. Méon.

by LORRIS, Guillaume de / MEUNG, Jehan de

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Paris, Didot, 1814.

4 volumes 8vo [216 x 132 mm] of : I/ (1) bl. l., (2) ll., 1 portrait, xxiii pp., (1) bl. p., 175 pp., (1) bl. p., 1 full-page plate, 164 pp., (1) bl. l. ; II/ (1) bl. l ., (2) ll., 1 full-page plate, 460 pp., (1) bl. l. ; III/ (1) bl. l., (2) ll., 1 full-page plate, 395 pp., (1) bl. l. ; IV/ (1) bl. l., (2) ll., 1 full-page plate, 496 pp., (1) l. of errata.

Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco, richly decorated covers with diverse blind-stamped and gilt borders, richly decorated ribbed spines, gilt inner border, gilt edges. Contemporary binding signed Thouvenin.

"This edition well printed and on vellum paper, should be preferred to all the others". (Brunet, III, 1175).

First edition given by Meon, dedicated to the count Daru, illustrated with 4 superb engravings by Monnet and a Gothic portrait of Jean de Meung by Girardet.

Bulletin Morgand an Fatout, 11334 ; Graesse, IV, p. 263.

"Which surprises every time we approach the 'Romance of the Rose' is that it's a work of humanists, proceeding from two very different spirits and explaining in a remarkable way the evolution of the spirits. The poem of Guillaume de Lorris is an art of love, and if all the courteous love, which will soon disappear, expresses itself in it, it is already imbued with the Ancients, especially with Ovid; the one of Jean de Meun is an encyclopedia, where the author gathers in a noble speech all the data of science and philosophy, it is also a wide cosmological poem. Thus, each one, in his own way, reunited everything that was possible to gather on two subjects as important; but whereas Guillaume de Lorris turns to a past, which soon will no longer exist, Jean de Meun foresees the future and announces the humanist 15th century. By this, 'The Romance of the Rose', the most significant work of all French Middle Ages, is located at the turn that took, between these two extreme dates of composition, the French spirit; one can find, quite particularly combined, two currents of thought who are in a way two constant principles of French literature."

Superb copy printed on vellum paper, covered with stunning contemporary bindings by the great Thouvenin, the most famous binder of the time, in richly decorated blue morocco.


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Paris, Didot, 1814.

4 volumes in-8 de : I/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., 1 portrait, xxiii pp., (1) p.bl., 175 pp., (1) p.bl., 1 gravure à pleine page, 164 pp., (1) f.bl. ; II/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., 1 gravure à pleine page, 460 pp., (1) f.bl. ; III/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., 1 gravure à pleine page, 395 pp., (1) f.bl. ; IV/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., 1 gravure à pleine page, 496 pp., (1) f. d'errata.

Maroquin bleu à grain long de l'époque, plats richement décorés de diverses roulettes dorées et à froid, dos à nerfs très richement ornés, coupes décorées, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Reliure de l'époque signée Thouvenin.

216 x 132 mm.

" Cette édition bien imprimée et sur papier vélin, doit être préférée à toutes les autres ". (Brunet, III, 1175).

Première édition donnée par Méon, dédicacée au comte Daru, ornée de 4 superbes gravures de Monnet et d'un portrait gothique de Jehan de Meung par Girardet.

Bulletin Morgand et Fatout, 11334 ; Graesse, IV, p. 263.

" Ce qui surprend toujours lorsqu'on aborde le 'Roman de la Rose' c'est qu'il soit œuvre d'humanistes, procédant de deux esprits bien différents et explicitant de manière exemplaire l'évolution des esprits. Le poème de Guillaume de Lorris est un art d'aimer, et si tout l'amour courtois, qui va bientôt disparaître, s'y exprime, il est déjà tout imbu des Anciens, d'Ovide en particulier ; celui de Jean de Meun, est une encyclopédie, où l'auteur rassemble en noble discours toutes les données de science et de la philosophie, c'est aussi un ample poème cosmologique.

Ainsi, chacun, dans son genre propre, a réuni tout ce qu'il était possible de rassembler sur deux sujets aussi importants ; mais alors que Guillaume de Lorris se tourne vers un passé, qui bientôt n'existera plus, Jean de Meun entrevoit l'avenir et annonce le XVe siècle humaniste. Par là, 'Le Roman de la Rose', œuvre la plus significative de tout le Moyen-Age français, se trouve situé au tournant que prit, entre ses deux dates extrêmes de composition, l'esprit français ; on y trouve, assez singulièrement réunis, deux courants de pensée qui sont en quelque sorte deux constantes principales de la littérature française. "

Superbe exemplaire imprimé sur papier vélin fin, revêtu d'éblouissantes reliures de l'époque du grand Thouvenin, le plus illustre relieur du temps, en maroquin bleu richement orné.

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Le Roman de la rose. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur les meilleurs et plus anciens manuscrits, par M. Méon.
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