Lanval's Lay - Marie de France - Illustrated by Lucy Boucher - Superb

• The poet known as Marie de France is the first great female author in French literature. Her Lays are tales of adventure and love, drawing their material from Breton folklore and myths.
• Marie de France follows in the footsteps of the poetic revolution inaugurated by the troubadours in the 12th century.

Marie's Lays are notable for their celebration of love, the variation within her collection, and the brilliant descriptions characteristic of the literature of the era. They include a number of commonplaces of courtly lyric poetry, chivalric values, and the arrival of spring.

This lay of Lanval is a true fairy tale. Its hero lives in the mythical time of the Knights of the Round Table, at the court of King Arthur.

• Beautiful art edition, in 2 parts, an adaptation in modern French by Paul Truffau, and the period text, printed for the writer René Duverne.

Condition

Very nice work with minimal signs of use

• wear at the corners of the slipcase
• light marks on the velvet of the folder

• Fresh interior, slightly yellowed at the edges
• some creased glassine