The Oxford Book of French Verse.

LUCAS, St. John.

$175.00

Item Number: 114537

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.

First edition of Lucas’ compilation of the verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries. Octavo, bound in half vellum for Christ’s Hospital boarding school with their armorial crest to the front panel, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction in English, text in French. From the library of British economist David Graham Hutton with his ownership signature and presentation bookplate. In very good condition.

English poet St. John Lucas' Oxford Book of French Verse contains a selection of verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries including Charles, duc d'Orléans, Froissart, Voltaire and Victor Hugo.