DU BELLAY (Joachim). La Deffence et Illustration... Lot 1661

DU BELLAY (Joachim). La Deffence et Illustration de la Langue Francoyse. Reproduced in accordance with the text of the original edition with an introduction, philological and literary notes and a glossary of the Quintil Horatian (by Charles Fontaine) by Em. PERSON. Versailles and Paris, Cerf et fils, Baudry, 1878. In-8 red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, Lycée Louis le Grand prize iron on the cover. Spines rubbed, traces of sunning on the cover, otherwise a very good copy.