Le songe de Bernat Metge

Bernat Metge, ca. 1340-1413

Le songe de Bernat Metge

Auteur catalan du XIVe siècle; publié et traduit pour la première fois en français avec une introduction et des notes par J.-M. Guardia

Paris

Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur

Gustave Gounouilhou, à Bordeaux

1889

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, 1889

French and medieval Catalan

No special limitation or numbering stated in the supplied images

280 pages

Typographic vignette on title page; ornamental initials and typographic ornaments

19 cm; octavo (8º)

19 cm

Signature “k2” visible in inner gathering

High-quality industrial laid paper from the late nineteenth century

No identifiable watermarks observed; laid pattern visible under transmitted light

French serif typography; sharp printing in black and red; carefully composed bichromatic titles

Full leather binding

Dark burgundy

Gilt tools on spine; gilt fillets and ornamental motifs

Smooth spine with gilt title “Le Songe de Bernat Metge” and “J.-M. Guardia”

French edition and translation of “Lo somni” by Bernat Metge, a major work of medieval Catalan literature written at the end of the fourteenth century; includes critical introduction, original medieval Catalan text, parallel French translation and philological and historical notes

First French translation of the work according to the title page

Bilingual edition with medieval Catalan text and facing French translation

Includes an extensive introduction on the Renaixença and Catalan literature

Printing in black and red on title page and headings

Later high-quality binding, probably non-publisher’s

Medieval Catalan literature

Bernat Metge; Catalan humanism; medieval Catalan literature; French translation; Romance philology; Renaixença

61

Good; solid binding; foxing and scattered stains; slight rubbing to leather; generally clean interior

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Preserves all preliminary and final leaves visible in the supplied images; laid paper clearly visible under transmitted light