The Great and Little Testaments of Francois Villon

Francois Villon (tr John Heron Lepper)

Verlag: The Casanova Society, 1924

Beschreibung

*** BOOK in good clean tight and unmarked condition. Printer's/publisher's original sage green boards with cream vellum backstrap. Gilt title on spine. Structurally very good except for rubbing on lower corners. 145 pages. Macabre frontispiece taken from Levet's edition of 1489 depicting three unfortunates being hanged. This is a quality edition, not only the vellum backstrap but also all rag paper with fore and lower edges uncut. The limitation page states that this edition was limited to 775 copies of which 750 were for sale - this is #209. The book contains Villon's two major works, The Little Testament (1456) and The Great Testament (1461). Size: 265x185mm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007048

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Great and Little Testaments of Francois ...

Verlag: The Casanova Society

Erscheinungsdatum: 1924

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: Limited Edition