GAMES AND WISDOM OF THE MIDDLE AGES — PLÉIADE, 1960 - Lot 130

GAMES AND WISDOM OF THE MIDDLE AGES — PLÉIADE, 1960 Games and Wisdom of the Middle Ages. Text edited and annotated by Albert Pauphilet. Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, No. 61, 1960. A substantial in-12 volume, in the publisher’s softcover binding of full dark purple leather, with the spine decorated with gold fillets and a gold-lettered title. Protected by Rhodoid, with an illustrated dust jacket and the publisher’s cardboard slipcase. Reprint completed on February 20, 1960, on Bolloré Bible paper, by the Imprimerie Nationale de Monaco. Very good overall condition; slipcase slightly marked. The presence of the dust jacket, Rhodoid, and slipcase together is notable for a copy from this period.

Estimate:£8.47

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