1952 Francois Villon Oeuvres Book

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Paris: le club francais du livre, c. 1952. First edition. Hard Cover. Hardcover. No DJ. Very Good. number 1772 of … more Paris: le club francais du livre, c. 1952. First edition. Hard Cover. Hardcover. No DJ. Very Good. number 1772 of 5,000 copies. Numerous black and white images with poems in French. Tan leather boards embossed. Head and tail of spine worn. Tatters and spots along edges. Shelf wear, rubbed areas. 190 pp. and notes. Inside clean and tight. Fantastic endpapers on this French flea market find. Beautiful mid-century publication.

Francois Villon 1431–1463 Although his verse gained him little or no financial success during his life, Francois Villon is today perhaps the best-known French poet of the Middle Ages. His works surfaced in several manuscripts shortly after his disappearance in 1463, and the first printed collection of his poetry—the Levet edition—came out as early as 1489. More than one hundred printed editions followed, and Villon’s poetry has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Poetry Foundation. less