Octave Uzanne — La Guirlande de Julie

Paris, Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1875. Leather. A scarce edition of this historic collection of poetry, in the original French language. French language. Scarce edition. Illustrated with one plate with tissue guard. Collated complete. A unique French manuscript of sixty-one madrigaux composed by several poets while staying in the Hotel de Rambouillet for Julie d'Angennes. Collected and edited by Octave Uzanne, a French bibliophile, writer, journalist, and publisher. Previously held in the library of Henry Merivale Trollope, son of novelist Anthony Trollope and Rose Heseltine. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .