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501 - Oral literature from Picardy. Secret tales.
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Estimate €300 - €400

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Oral literature from Picardy. Secret tales. [...]. 2 vol. in-16. - First separate edition of this collection of "gauloiseries de haut goût, dont le récit ne fait qu'en très petit comité, et entre hommes, 'inter pocula'" (Preface, p. V), taken from "Kryptádía. Recueil de documents pour servir à l'étude des traditions populaires" (t. X and XI). A total of 239 stories with variants, some in dialect. Limited edition on laid paper. Complete with the publisher's announcements at the end of the volumes.

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501 - Oral literature from Picardy. Secret tales. See original version (French)

501 - Oral literature from Picardy. Secret tales.
See original version (French)