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Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine condition. First edition thus. 408/1500. 77 [2]pp. Original tan cloth with elaborate modern design in color on covers with gilt lettering on spine, in original tan dustjacket with similar lithographic design and black lettering on spine. In original umber paper-covered slipcase with gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Decorative Imprint page and half-title. Illustrated double title page in color. Decorative head and endpieces in color, with most pages containing similar decor at top and bottom of pages. Signed by illustrator on limitation page at rear. "There is nothing in artistic poetry quite akin to "Aucassin and Nicolete." By a rare piece of good fortune the one manuscript of the Song-Story has escaped those waves of time, which have wrecked the bark of Menander, and left of Sappho but a few floating fragments." (Introduction). Beautifully produced by the Limited Editions Club. Very light age-toning and minor wear along edges of slipcase.