THE OXFORD BOOK OF FRENCH VERSE: XIIIth Century - XXth Century
by Lucas, St. John (compiler)
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1926. First edition. 12mo. xxxv, 553 pp. With a tipped-in autograph letter, signed by the French poet Pierre-Jean de Beranger, 28 October 1829, to a M. Becker, apparently an aspiring song writer who had sent Beranger some of his songs (some evidence of repair along folds). Beranger (1780-1857), French poet and writer of popular songs, was celebrated for his liberal and humanitarian views during a period when French society as a whole was undergoing rapid and sometimes violent change; "the songs of Beranger are elaborate, written in a clear and sparkling style, full of wit and incision" (Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition). In this anthology are three Beranger poems. Joints a little rubbed, but very good. Somewhat later burgundy morocco, gilt spine title, gilt turn-in dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, by Rivière. (#6179).
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- Title
- THE OXFORD BOOK OF FRENCH VERSE: XIIIth Century - XXth Century
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- Lucas, St. John (compiler)
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- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1926
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