Louis-Robert Plazolles / Jean Gradassi - La chanson de Roland - 1961

Superb original, numbered translation of the Oxford manuscript and commentary by Louis-Robert Plazolles, with beautiful illuminations by Jean Gradassi, accompanied by the fac-simile of the original 1837 edition - Inspired by the famous chanson de geste composed in the Middle Ages, this work tells the exploits of Roland, knight of Charlemagne, and presents the warrior, religious and moral values that occupied a central place in the knightly imagination of the time - The traditional narrative opens with Charlemagne's campaigns in Spain, where the emperor leads a war against the Saracens and seeks to extend his authority while defending Christendom - After several years of conquests, the sovereign accepts the peace proposals of King Marsile, presented as the Muslim ruler of Saragossa, but this decision triggers a series of diplomatic maneuvers and betrayals - Ganelon, Roland's father-in-law, harbors a deep hostility toward the hero and accepts a mission to Marsile, taking advantage of it to organize the loss of his rival - Louis-Robert Plazolles / Jean Gradassi - La chanson de Roland - 1961 - 2 volumes - Club du Livre - 212 pp. + 10 ff.n.ch. + 72 Pages. Very good condition of the bindings, a two-volume, full leather set bound in full leather, accompanied by the same case containing the suites, one in quarto size with a binding featuring geometric patterns repoussé, adorned with five nails on each cover, the spine with the title in gilded Gothic lettering, the second volume, in-12, with a smooth full leather binding on the first cover armorial, gilded head - Very good interior condition, text in Gothic type framed by an ornate border and enriched with beautiful color illuminations by Jean Gradassi, one of 700 copies on pur fil du Marais for which a fac-simile of the Oxford manuscript was included - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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