[GRADASSI] - ANONYMOUS - The Song of Roland. Original transl - Lot 926

[GRADASSI] - ANONYMOUS - The Song of Roland. Original translation of the Oxford manuscript and commentary by Louis-Robert Plazolles. Paris, Club du livre, 1962; in-4, 212 pp. + index + 72 pages reproducing the vellum of the Oxford manuscript with its colors, folds and even holes, first book in publisher's full calf binding, spine ribbed, boards stamped and decorated with 5 cabochons, second book in full calf box binding, 4-nerved spine, fillets on the boards and arms stamped on the first board, the two books are housed in a boxed slipcase covered in red velvet, the spine of the slipcase imitates an antique two-volume binding (the removable part of the slipcase is in fair condition). Numbered copy on Lana vellum. First edition of color illuminations by miniaturist Jean Gradassi. Text printed in a frame. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY