"Beautiful Red Morocco "body Of Extracts From Novels Of Chivalry" By M. Le Comte De Tressan 1782"
Magnificent copy of this analysis of the Novels of Chivalry in red morocco, triple fillets on the boards, ribbed spine decorated with beautiful gilded irons, gilded edges, marbled title guards in green morocco. "Body of Excerpts from Novels of Chivalry, by Mr. Le Comte de Tressan, of the French Academy. Printed in Paris, by Pissot, père & fils, Libraires, quai des Augustins. 1782. Contains among others: Tristan de Léonois ; Artus de Bretagne; Flore and Blanche-Fleur; Cleomades and Claremonde; the Abenaki and finally the Romance of the Rose... Judicious critiques of these ancient works. A beautiful book