[Fine Binding | Modeled Goatskin] Aucassin & Nicolette Extra Illustrated "The Doves Bindery

"The Doves Bindery

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[Fine Binding | Modeled Goatskin] Aucassin & Nicolette Extra Illustrated "The Doves BinderyThis is of Aucassin and Nicolette, An Old French Song Tale. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze & Co., 1902. Limited to 500 copies. Ornate medieval style initials throughout. Bound in light brown modelled goatskin in the style of Annie S. MacDonald and Phoebe Anna Traquair, featuring an elaborate knight on horseback in the center of the front cover and a line from the tale as the border of the front cover: "THE SONG IS SWEET THE STORY FAIR SEEMLY COURTLY