Aucassin et Nicolette
Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1929. First. Softcover. Slipcase covered with lavender, blue, and brown floral-print paper; Light brown dj. with color illustration; Off-white wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 220 pp.; Profusely decorated in bw and color; 12 color plates. VG (Some very light wear to dj. at extremities). Item #122486
Text in French; A medieval French chante-fable (or chantefable), which is a combination of prose and verse, about a count's son, Aucassin, and a Saracen slave girl, Nicolette, who endure great hardship in order to wed; Author unknown; A beautiful edition of this story.
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