SONGS & SONNETS OF PIERRE DE RONSARD, GENTLEMAN OF VENDOMOIS

Ronsard, Pierre de

Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1903

About this Item

large 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label. xxxvi, 137+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 425 numbered copies by Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press, Cambridge (Warde, 37). Spine age darkened, with some chipping to the paper spine label and light wear to the top of the spine. Boards with very minor soiling, minor wear to the corners of the boards, else a near fine copy. Selected and translated into English verse by Curtis Hidden Page, with an introductory essay & notes. Ronsard (1524-1585) was the best known of a group of poets known as the Pleiade and devoted to rivivifying the French language. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived" paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Seller Inventory # 63564

Bibliographic Details

Title: SONGS & SONNETS OF PIERRE DE RONSARD, ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1903

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Rogers, Bruce