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Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose, Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305? Roman de la rose, Marot, Clement, 1496-1544, editor, Du Pre, Galliot, -1561, printer, Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner, Seilliere, Achille, baron, 1813-1873, former owner, Burns, John, former owner, Cape, Charles-Francʹois, 1806-1867, binder · 1526 · [Paris] : On les vend a Paris en la grand salle du Palais au premier pillier en la boutique de Galliot du pre libraire iure de Luniuersite · 69 pictures

A 1526 Paris printing of the Roman de la Rose, a French allegorical romance in verse begun by Guillaume de Lorris and continued by Jean de Meun, edited by Clement Marot and printed by Galliot du Pre for a literate courtly and university readership. The woodcuts are small framed black-line scenes with simple figures in medieval dress, set above blocks of gothic type, showing how a text-driven book placed images within its columns and how decorated initials were used.

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