[MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITION] - Lot 304

[MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITION] BY LORRIS (Guillaume), HUBERT (André)] The Romance of the Rose, Paris, Édition de l’Ibis, 1965 A quarto-sized volume in tan sheepskin, richly decorated with cold-stamped designs, featuring an ivory-style relief plaque depicting two figures at the center of the front cover, housed in a beige slipcase. Limited edition of 1,179 copies; one of 171 (copy no. 126) printed on Lana chiffon vellum, featuring a bistre-toned sequence of André Hubert’s illustrations, with notes. The supplement and the translation into modern French are bound in half-basane leather and a beige slipcase. A beautiful set. Slipcase shows some scuffing and has a few stains.