10 Amatory. Aucassin & Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew Lang. Post 8vo., new half calf, gilt top and back, uncut. London, 1896. $5.00
Limited number of copies only printed. What the nameless author does care for, is his telling of the love story, the passion of Aucassin and Nicolete. His originality lies in his charming medley of sentiment and humor, of a smiling compassion and sympathy with a touch of mocking mirth. The Love of Aucassin and Nicolete.
11 Amatory. The Greek Anthology. (Palatine MS.) The Amatory Epigrams. Completely rendered into English for the first time. UNEXPURGATED. Small 4to. original boards, leather back, uncut. Privately printed, 1916. $3.75
Of this edition, intended for private circulation only, is limited to 750 numbered copies.
An 8-page Appendix has been added, separately printed and laid in, and not in previous copies, having been suppressed.
12 Amatory. The Works of Peter Pindar. Engraved titles. 5 vols., 8vo., half tree calf, marbled board sides, leather labels. London, 1794-1801. $22.50
Originally issued in 3 volumes, but the scarce 4th and 5th volumes have been added to this set, uniformly bound.
Volume 5 contains: Nil Admirari; or, A Smile of a Bishop, occasioned by an Hyperbolical Eulogy on Miss Hannah More; Expostulation; or an address to Miss Hannah More; Duplicity, or The Bishop, and Simplicity, or the Curate; Julia, or The Victim of Love, Etc., Etc. A fine work on early English Amatory writings.
13 Amatory. Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois Kings. By Pierre de Bourdeille, and C. A. Saint-Beuve. Literally translated by Katharine P. Wormeley. With 8 full-page photogravure plates. 8vo. cloth, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. (London printed), 1912. $3.00
The present issue, complete in every respect, with all the illustrations of the costly original edition, is now published to meet the demand for a less expensive form of this realistic and intimate chronicle of the illustrious women of the most luxurious European court at the most brilliant epoch of its existence.