PIERRE DE RONSARD: SONNETS POUR HELENE
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934.
xxviii, 291p. Wolfe's translation printed facing the original French. Rebound in full vellum with marbled endpapers, a.e.g, the spine lettered in black, the upper cover with large decorative circle in black and gilt dots, the lower cover with black initials with "1948" in gilt. Fine in VG slipcase with some joint cracking in marbled paper matching the endpapers. (The marbled papers look very much like Bayntun papers). Item #23329
Ronsard was considered the "Prince of Poetry" among his contemporaries.
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