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The Romaunt of the Rose / rendered out of French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer ; illustrated by Keith Henderson and Norman Wilkinson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR1888 .A2 1908
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 103 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Published for the Florence Press by Chatto and Windus, 1908.
- Notes:
- "The text followed is that of the Globe edition."
- "Of this edition ... have been printed on hand-made Aldwych paper 500 copies."
- The Romaunt of the Rose is a Middle English version/translation of the Roman de la Rose, consisting of three fragments, the first of which, and sometimes the third, are ascribed to Chaucer.
- The Old French poem Roman de la Rose was begun by Guillaume de Lorris (verses 1-4058) and later completed by Jean de Meun.
- Local Notes:
- "Paper copy no. 255."
- Singer-Mendenhall PR1888 .A2 1908 presented to the Penn Libraries by John C. Mendenhall with his autograph (dated 1925) and bookplate.
- Contains:
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose. Selections
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305. Roman de la Rose. Selections.
- OCLC:
- 5768438
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