Catalogue d'une collection unique des éditions originales de Ronsard.
Paris and London: Maggs Brothers, [1925]. First edition (later revised and published in English in 1927), small 4to, pp. [2], 15, [1] (supplement), 156, [4]; illustrated throughout (mostly full-page facsimile title-pages); early-to-mid-twentieth-century half brown morocco and decorative paper-covered boards signed "Donnelley," the spine and upper fifth of back cover faded, original stiff paper wrapper bound it, t.e.g., overall very good. With the bookplate of Chicago bookseller Frances Hamill mounted to front pastedown. Including the supplement, this catalogue details 83 early editions of the French Renaissance poet, Ronsard (1524-1585), the acknowledged leader of the Pléiade group of writers. Item #28457
Price: $100.00
