D'Urfé, Honoré & Rendall, Steven [translator] — Astrea ( Part One )
Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Tempe 1997 1st edition. Cloth, G+. xxx+386pp, a fine copy. MRTS volume 134. A new translation, with an introductory essay, of the first part of the pastoral novel L'Astrée by the French author Honoré d'Urfé, Marquis de Valromey, Comte de Châteauneuf [ 1568 - 1625 ]. The work has been called 'possibly the single most influential work of 17th century French literature' and the 'novel of novels', due to its initial and continuing success.