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One Hundred Merrie and Delightsome Stories right pleasaunte to relate in all goodly companie by way of joyance and jollity: Les Cents Nouvelles Nouvelles now first done into the English tongue...
ONE HUNDRED MERRIE AND DELIGHTSOME STORIES
Paris: Charles Carrington, [1899].
2 vols., 8vo (8" tall). Half crushed red morocco,
marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering on
spine. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.
A handsome set of these classic French tales,
beautifully illustrated with 52 colour plates after
Léon Lebègue and extensive wood-cut head-pieces and
initials. The introduction by Douglas declares that
the original Cent Nouvelles are "undoubtedly the first
work of literary prose in French?".
£250.00
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