The Noble Knight Paris & the Fair Vienne

  • Hardcover
  • Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956
By (Allen Press)
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase.


Allen Press Bibliography, No. 18.


An excellent example of fine printing. The text is from the Caxton translation of the 13h century chivalric French romance which has survived in only one copy, now in the British Museum

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Details

Title

The Noble Knight Paris & the Fair Vienne

Author

(Allen Press)

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Publisher

The Allen Press: Kentfield, CA

Date

1956

Edition

Limited edition


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