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two old books sitting on top of each other on a gray surfacean image of a book with the title les scripts de marous villonan open book with a black and white title on itan old book with a poem written on ita black and white drawing of a man on a horse in a foresta close up of a book with a black and white image on ita black and white drawing of a boat with a man on it
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114 - VILLON (François). *The Writings of François Villon*, illumi…
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VILLON (François). *The Writings of François Villon*, illuminated and calligraphied by Guignard. Paris, Le Club du Livre, 1974. In-4°, 273 pp. Cold-stamped fawn sheepskin, spine with four decorated false ribs, gilt title, covers richly decorated with studs, half-fawn sheepskin slipcase with gilt title on the spine, fawn suede lining, matching slipcase edged with fawn sheepskin. (Atelier Richert). In a slipcase with a matching spine, containing *Villon et son temps*, an original study by Louis-Robert PLAZOLLES, in-8°, 78 pp., in the publisher’s cardboard binding, and various facsimile documents: a map of Paris from 1552, a colour illustration of the Dance of Death, drawings and woodcuts, playing cards and archival documents. Copy no. CXVI on pure Lana thread, one of 700 printed for foreign bibliophiles. Also included: *Tristan and Iseult*, revised on the basis of the manuscripts of Thomas, the two Bérouls and the ‘Folie Tristan’ of Bern, collated with Brother Robert’s ‘Saga’, along with Eilhart of Oberg and Gottfried of Strasbourg by Pierre d’Espezel. With a preface by Jean Marx and illustrated with original woodcuts by Jean Chièze. Paris, Union Latine d’Éditions, 1956. In-4°, XII, 293 pp. Fauve crushed shagreen with blind-stamped decoration, long spine adorned with a sword, gilt title, covers framed by a scroll motif with copper studs at the corners, featuring Tristan and Iseult on the upper cover. In a slipcase with a gilt head, a cardboard cover imitating wood, a title label on the spine, and a matching slipcase. A copy numbered on Renage Cream Chiffon Vellum.
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