{"product_id":"aucassin-nicolette-1897-hatchards-binding-draft","title":"AUCASSIN \u0026 NICOLETTE TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON 1897 HATCHARDS FINE BINDING","description":"\u003cp\u003e[ANON; BOURDILLON, Francis William (ed.)].\u003cstrong\u003e Aucassin \u0026amp; Nicolette: An Old-French Love Story. Edited \u0026amp; Translated by Francis William Bourdillon, M.A.; the Text Collated Afresh With the Manuscript at Paris, the Translation Revised \u0026amp; the Introduction Rewritten. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: Macmillan and Co., MDCCCXCVII. [1897].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSECOND EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (17.5 x 11 x 2.5 cm); pp. lxxii, 229, [1]. English text, edited and translated by Francis William Bourdillon. Handsomely bound by Hatchards in half morocco gilt; cloth sides; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; half-title; rubricated musical notation; printed footnotes; bibliography, glossary \u0026amp; appendices to rear. Printed by Horace Hart, Oxford. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight and secure. Trivial shelf wear to extremities. Interior very well-preserved with two previous owner names.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: A beautifully bound second edition of Francis William Bourdillon's translation of the medieval French tale 'Aucassin and Nicolette', an anonymous fictional story from the late 12th or early 13th century; being a unique example of a chantefable, or a \"sung story\", combining prose and verse (similar to a prosimetrum).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56997294408055,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_0301_1a691861-c4f6-4521-9105-87384c75d420.jpg?v=1775778046","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/aucassin-nicolette-1897-hatchards-binding-draft","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}