La fleur des chansons amoureuses, ou sont comprins tous les airs de court
Subtitle: Recueillis aux cabinets des plus rare poetes de ce temps
Contributors: De Launay, Adrian, bookseller; Imprimerie de A. Mertens et Fils
Publisher: Chez Adrian de Launay, Devant le Palais au Compas d'or
Published: 1866
Place of publication: A Rouen
Language: fre
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: French Folk songs; Early works to 1800
Notes: Title page vignette.

Gift : James Buell Munn.

Text in French.

Catalogued 20160114 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy full-boun in tan calf leather over boards. Covers feature bordering in gilt. Spine includes spine title in gilt over black leather, and date of production in gilt over green leather. Spine includes gilt decorative devices. Includes marbled endpapers. Front pastedown includes ex libris (bookplate) of the Boston Public Library identifying copy as obtaining from the personal library of James Buell Munn. Verso of front flyleaf includes stamp in blue ink at head-/fore-edge, and annotations in pencil script indicating manifestation as limited to 106 copies produced. Head of leaf adjacent to title page includes shelf mark at head in pencil. Printed on antique laid papers featuring vertical chainlines and horizontal wire lines. Head of leaves in gilt. Copy no. 3/106 (per colophon.)