François Villon’s poetic legacy in modern edition

Description

François VILLON (1431–after 1463). *Les Deux Testaments* (Paris, Club Bibliophilique de France, 1942). In-4° (20 × 25 cm), 145 pages. Publisher’s binding in half ivory vellum with gilt titles and headbands, slipcase. Modern French adaptation by André Ferran and Georges Gabory, illustrated with 24 gouaches by Yves Brayer reproduced in color via stencil by Jacomet. Includes a facsimile bound in full ivory vellum with Dutch stitching of the 1533 in-16 edition (9 × 12.5 cm, 11 + 115 pages) of Villon’s works published by Galliot du Pré, with prologue by Clément Marot. One of the copies on rag paper. Fine copy.