Wine, Women, and Song. Mediaeval Latin Students’ Songs

Symonds, John Addington. Wine, Women, and Song. Mediaeval Latin Students’ Songs. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. First edition. 1/725. Octavo. (8) 190 (1)pp. Original stiff tan decorative wraps with red and black lettering on cover, red on spine, in original printed cardboard slipcase. Title page printed in red and black with publisher’s device. Red decorative initial. Ribbon marker. For the first time translated into English verse with an essay by John Addington Symonds (1884). Dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson. Contains appendix , a list of Coliardic Literature, table of songs translated in this volume. Slipcase loose at back and top back joint, crudely repaired with paper glued on. Light wear along edges of glassine jacket covering wraps. Some damp-staining in block. Ribbon marker loose and frayed. Slipcase in poor, wraps and interior in good to good+ condition. poor to g+. Softcover. (46885) $65